i226 JOURNEY TO LATTAKOO. [I813. 
After five hours travelling we halted for the night 
near Ongeluck Fountain. We heard the roaring of 
several lions not far off. 
I6th. At sun-rise the thermometer was 40. A 
Bootchuana man came to us from a neighbouring 
kraal, to inquire about his son, who had been detained 
by a boor in the colony when accompanying some 
Klaar Water waggons to Cape-town. Poor man, he 
seemed much concerned for the captivity of his son 
among the white people. We promised, on our return 
to the colony, to endeavour to procure his release, 
which appeared to afford him a little satisfaction. 
When leaving us he called several times to his dog, 
Biissera Mentay, which means affectionate wife. 
About nine, A.M. we walked to the kraal from whence 
he came, which lay about three miles to the westward. 
We travelled along a serpentine valley between low 
hills, among tall grass, which had a fine appearance. 
Though almost in the middle of winter, we found it 
oppressively hot. On our way to the kraal we 
came to Ongeluck, or Unfortunate Fountain. It 
received this name from some Griquaas, who had 
been shooting there, who rested themselves under 
the shade of a camel-thorn-tree the root of which 
only now remains. While resting, the gun of one, 
who was sharpening his flint, went oiF, and shot his 
neighbour who sat by him. The poor man, aftef 
lingering a few days, died. At one time there were 
hopes of his recovery ; but a person letting off a gun 
