CHAP. xxiy. 
DEPARTURE FROM MALAPEETZEE—COME IN SIGHT OF 
THE RIVER MALALAREEN— MAKOONS KRAAI^TRAVEL 
ALONG THE MALALAREEN— ARRIVE AT A GRIQUA 
VILLAGE. 
After taking leave of the inhabitants, who all 
came out to witness our departure, we left Malapeet- 
zee. We travelled southward, in an open country, 
with low hills to the east and west, but in general over 
the most rough, rocky ground we had met with during 
the whole of our journey. It was surprizing our 
waggons were not broken to pieces. We travelled in 
search of water till nine P.M. without finding any; 
when we descended over rocks to a small valley 
enclosed by hills, in which there was a deep, rocky 
bed of a river, but no water. Here we halted during 
the night. 
1 3th. At sunrise we left our retreat, ascending a hijl 
immediately behind it. On reaching the summit, one 
