CHAP. XXVI. 
VISIT TO THE GREAT FOUNTAIN— ACCOUNT OF BALLEY— 
BOOTCHUANA DANCE— CORANNA KRAAL— JUNCTIONS 
OF THE ALEXANDER AND CRADOCK RIVERS WITH 
THE YELLOW, OR GREAT RIVER— ARRIVAL AT GRIQUA 
TOWN. 
July 22nd. 
The road was between hills to the north, through 
a narrow valley full of trees, with a charming crystal 
stream meandering along it, till we came to the 
Great Fountain, which is about two miles from the 
place we left. Here there is a small village, contain- 
ing about thirty people, surrounded with little foun- 
tains, hills, and trees, compleatly sequestered from 
the world. Though at present in its natural state, 
it appeared to me a second paradise. The people 
have only lately come to this spot, and are beginning 
to cultivate the surrounding ground. 
Adam Bailey, a Griqua, and a member of the 
church at Klaar Water, reads the scriptures to the 
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