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camel-thorn trees, which afforded considerable pro- 
tection from the wind and sleet which fell, but did 
not remain on the ground. We got to rest about two 
o'clock in the morning. 
19th. Thermometer at nine A.M. 36. — at noon, 
44. — at two P.M. 50. A few years ago, the 
water emitted from Tamanay Fountain was hardly 
visible ; but of late, the quantity of water sent forth 
has been annually increasing. The same thing ha§ 
happened at other fountains or springs of water in this 
country. Should this become general in South Africa, 
it will become a more fertile and pleasant country, 
and more populous. 
As the next fountain was only four hours distant, 
and the next beyond it twelve hours, both could not 
be reached on the same day ; we did not therefore 
leave Tamanay until two P.M. intending only to reach 
the nearest that day. Our way as usual was through 
long grass and bushes. The soil was red and sandy. 
A chain of hills running northward was a few miles 
from us to the right, or east of us. 
Some may have wondered how Abraham and other 
patriarchs, in the ages of antiquity, were permitted at 
pleasure to take up their residence, with numerous 
flocks, in countries where they were strangers, and 
without making any compensation to the native in- 
habitants ; but the same practice is customary in the 
interior of South Africa. Kraals of Bushmen con^e 
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