328 JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. [1813. 
him, and his bow and arrows. Those missionaries 
who may cheerfully spend their days for the benefit of 
such a race of men, so remote from the habitations of 
civihzed hfe, well deserve the thanks and support of 
all the churches of Christ. 
At half past two P.M. we took leave of Makoon 
and his people, and crossed the Malalareen at, what 
our Hottentots wished should be called. Missionary 
Ford. We proceeded chiefly S. and sometimes S.W. 
A little before sun-set some of our people fired at some 
camel-leopards, which they judged were about eighteen 
feet high. I saw them scampering away. They 
appeared huge animals, but at the distance I was 
from them, I could not judge accurately of their 
height, they are however certainly the tallest animals 
with which we are acquainted. At eight P.M.- we 
halted on the banks of the Malalareen, under the 
shade of some trees, where we found various horns of 
wild animals strewed about, and plenty of firewood. 
A bushman family from a little distance paid us a visit. 
14th. Thermometer at sun-rise, 27. Left Van- 
derkemp Plain at noon, when the thermometer 
stood at 76. The Malalareen runs here in the 
form of a bow ; of course we travelled as along 
the string to the E. The plain was well stocked 
with game. We shot a knoo, about the size of an 
ordinary cow; part of which we gave to our seven 
Corannas, who accompanied us as guides from Mala- 
peetzee, after which they left us. Their names were 
