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which names are very descriptive of their present €ir- 
cumstances, being forsaken by their father, and from 
compassion we were bringing them to Klaar Water, 
there to assist them to obtain a living. 
10th. There was ice in the morning on the water. 
At eleven, A.M. we left Marabay Fountain, and tra- 
velled along its banks, over flat rocks resembling pave- 
ment, till it joined a river coming from the S.W. by 
which junction a considerable stream was produced, 
which we named Arrowsmith River, in reference to 
that gentleman's laudable attention to the improve- 
ment of maps. Thermometer at noon 68. Travelled 
till two, P.M. in a S.E. direction, when we entered a 
long narrow valley, in which our course was to the 
S. At five, P.M. crossed a deep rocky channel of a 
river, wliich was then dry, but in which, from its ap- 
pearance, much water must flow in the rainy season. 
We killed a beautiful quacha at a little distance from 
the river, which, though a species of horse, gave 
much satisfaction to our Matchappees ; the flesh being 
sweet it pleases their palates. We had been pushing 
forward all day, if possible to reach Malapeetzee at 
night, that we might spend the Sabbath there; but 
finding this would be impossible, we halted among 
some bushes, not far from a little water. 
11th. Being informed that we might reach Mala- 
peetzee in two hours, we went forward about eight, 
A.M. We crossed the plain in a S.E. direction, 
towards the mouth of a pass, through hills which 
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