340 JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. [1813. 
23rd. Thermometer at sun-rise, 40. An old Bush- 
nnan being informed what was our business in this 
country, and that the Matchappees, Corannas, and 
his own countrymen on the Malalareen had agreed 
to receive instructors, said, " Instruction was good, 
for they had had peace ever since it came into the 
country." 
We departed at ten A.M. travelling S. to another 
out-post, connected with Klaar Water, which at pre- 
sent is on the banks of the Great River, or as it is 
called here, the Yellow River, the same as it is named 
above its junction with the Malalareen. Like the Arabs, 
the people at this post wander from place to place, 
' according as they find pasturage for their cattle. We 
travelled to it chiefly over gravel and sand. Arrived at 
two P.M. Thermometer at noon, 70. In the 
evening Mr. R. preached to about seventy people. 
24th. Thermometer at sun-rise, 32. At nine A.M. 
after Mr. R. had addressed the people, the waggons 
set off by the most direct road, to fall in with the 
river after its making a semicircle towards the south. 
Mr. R. and I went on horseback, accompanied by 
Adam Kok and three Griquas, to examine the 
reported junction of two other rivers with the Yellow 
River, a few miles farther down. We kept close by 
the river. The first part of the ride particularly was 
uncommonly pleasant. The day was fine ; small 
parties of cattle, sheep, and goats were now and then 
visiting the river to drink of its crystal water; the 
