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the Hottentots to assist him. He has also a good 
garden, and has made an engine to raise water, about 
thirty-feet from the river, to water his garden, which 
no less astonishes the boors than the Hottentots. He 
was very anxious that the boor, who lives near the fort, 
should cultivate a piece of his farm to raise a little 
grain for bread; and as an inducement to his con- 
senting to the proposal, he offered to bring the water 
of two neighbouring fountains to water his ground; 
but all his arguments made no impression on the lazy 
boor, who said it would be bye (or superfluous) trouble. 
He would rather send five days journey to purchase 
flour, than be at the trouble to plough, sow, and reap 
his own ground. After dining with the captain, and 
expecting to depart, we were informed that all our 
oxen were missing, and our people all gone in search 
of them. When the Captain heard of this, he instantly 
dispatched a party of soldiers in pursuit. Being so 
near Caffreland, the Caflres were supposed to be the 
thieves. In two hours all were brought back in 
triumph ; but being almost dark, we judged it prudent 
not to move till the morning. In the evening we found 
Captain Andrews' conversation very interesting, as he 
had been in Spain the greater part of the war. 
28th. An hour before sun-rise, having packed every 
thing in our waggons, we departed under the pro- 
tection of an escort. The morning and the scenery 
around were pleasant. The first part of the road lay 
along a wide valley, bounded by hills on each side, and 
afterwards over an extended plain, which certainly has 
