juLY.J JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. 311 
At two, P.M. we halted at a brook called Kookoo, 
(or Sunrise,) perhaps because it lies east from Lat- 
takoo, where we filled our water vessels. At three, 
P.M. we halted for a while at a small shepherd's 
place, called Mallamatchoo, which lies near another 
brook of water. Around both places many cattle were 
feeding among high grass. At four, P.M. we passed 
another shepherd's place called Kakania. At six in 
the evening we halted at the side of a wood, where 
there was no water. The water was two miles further, 
but we purposely halted here, lest our fires should 
frighten away the buffaloes, which we hoped to shoot 
in the morning on their way to that water. 
We travelled all day over ground which had a 
gentle ascent, with a hilly country to the north and 
south : the first part of our journey lay to the E. and 
the last to the N.E. The country before us had the 
appearance of a corn field, bounded by the horizon. 
Thermometer at noon, 68. 
8th. In the morning the ground was covered with 
hoar frost. Just before sun-rise we killed a buffalo 
and her calf, which gave great pleasure to the eleven 
Matchappees who accompanied us as guides. They 
petitioned very earnestly for the breast of the calf, 
which is the part allotted to the Bootchuana chiefs of 
every beast that is killed. They seemed truly anxious 
to taste this forbidden part ; of course they bear the 
image of father Adam. 
