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but could discover neither tree nor bush. We went 
forward in the dark till about nine o'clock, when we 
came both to trees and water on the side of a hill, 
which induced us to halt for the night, which was very 
cold. 
20th. On examining the ground here, it appeared 
tolerably well adapted for a settlement, and likely to 
have water all the year, though not in abundance; 
but other spots which we have seen, especially that 
near Captain Liche's post, appear preferable. Ever 
since we left Cape-town, we had been travelling 
E.E. by N. but now we altered our course towards 
N.W. byW. 
About sun-rise we departed, travelling among low 
green hills, and now and then crossing brooks which 
separate the hills. We met Captain Eraser, Deputy 
Landdrost, on his way to the Great Fish River, which 
divides Caffreland from Albany, to examine its banks, 
to judge if it were practicable to render it an obstacle 
to the CafFres carrying off the catde which they steal 
from the boors in the colony. The captain assuring 
us he would return to Graham's town on Thursday, 
we resolved to wait until that time to meet with him. 
At eleven, A.M. we came to a charming place, called 
Blue Rocky i>urrounded with rising grounds, covered, 
or rather beautifully interspersed, with the camel thorn 
tree. There a military post was lately erected, com- 
manded by Lieutenant Leydenham from Edinburghi 
His liouse not being finished, he lived in a comfortable 
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