JULY.] 
JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. 
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9th. Having been continually ascending ever since 
we left Lattakoo, we were now on high ground, which 
the thermometer seemed to indicate at sun-rise, for 
then it stood at 24, and the ice was half an inch thick. 
As the cattle had strayed among the bushes, we could 
not depart till ten, A.M. We took into our waggons, 
as we passed, the buffalo that was killed the night 
before, which neither lions nor wolves had discovered. 
It was all cut to pieces before we reached it, chiefly 
by the Matchappees. At eleven, A.M. we passed a 
pool of pure water, which we named Newton Foun- 
tain, in memory of the late valuable rector of St. 
Mary Woolnoth. By the number of buffalo- paths 
leading to that fountain, it must be frequented by 
very many. We observed smoke ascending at a dis- 
tance to the north, from the burning of withered grass. 
The whistling of our Matchappees so much resembled 
the singing of birds, that 1 was often at a loss to dis- 
tinguish between them. Thermometer at noon, 60. 
At noon we saw numerous flocks of springbucks; 
and some of our people fell in with some wandering 
Bushmen, who appeared to menace them. Distant 
hills to the eastward came in view, and a plain, which, 
in most directions, had no visible termination. This 
we named Bogue Plain. At five, P.M. we arrived 
at a Bootchuana Bushman village, which had the 
appearance of extreme wretchedness. It is called 
Marabay, which is the name of a plentiful fountain 
and stream of excellent water, at a few hundred yards 
distance. At this fountain we took up our residence 
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