APRIL.] JOURNEY IN ALBANY. l6l 
It was almost dark when we left this place, with 
four soldiers for our escort. The road, which lay 
over hills, was rough, with steep descents now and 
then, which made it troublesome to travel in the dark. 
At seven P.M. we halted at a boors place, (Vandyke,) 
where a Serjeant's party is stationed, to whom Mr. V. 
preached in a house, and Mr. R. to our people at the 
waggons. Tiiermometer at noon, 78. 
25th. Left Vandyke before sun-rise, taking the 
advantage of the light of the waning moon, which 
rose before four in the morning. At nine A.M after 
traveUing among low hills, and woods of bushes, we 
reached Z wart-water- port, where there is a fort com- 
manded by Lieutenant Ellert, a German gentleman, 
who was very kind and attentive to our comfort. The 
soldiers at eleven A.M. were marched to our waggons, 
when Mr. Vanderlingen preached. The place is 
called Port, because there is a narrow pass through 
the mountains, which appear to have been divided by 
some convulsion of nature in former ages. Indeed, the 
two stupendous perpendicular sides of the pass are of 
such shapes, as indicate a former union. At some 
places the sides are not a hundred feet apart, and 
a small river runs between. On the sides are caves 
above caves, and trees projecting from the rocks. 
We went through the pass to visit some Hottentots 
stationed a little beyond the other end. As we went 
along, the baboons from the heights looked down upon 
us with an angry roar. On coming to the Hottentots, 
Mr, Reid found one or two of his friends prospering 
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