JULY.] JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. 343 
speed in hopes of reaching the junction of the Yellow 
and Cradock rivers before dark, which we did in time 
to view it. I considered the scenery here superior to 
any thing I had seen in Africa, or in any other country. 
Both these rivers, the Alexander and Cradock seem to 
come from a S.E. direction, and the Yellow, upon 
the whole, to run from N.E. to S.W. These four 
rivers may be considered as the sources of the Great 
River, viz. the Yellow, the Malalareen, the Alexander, 
and the Cradock, for having afterwards travelled on 
its banks across the continent of Africa, nearly to its 
mouth, we never found another river joining it. 
Thermometer at noon, 70. 
S5th. Thermometer at sun-rise, 32. at noon, 68. 
A Bushman with his wife, and his brother's wife, came 
and spent the day with us, attending our worship. He 
>-iid he was partial to white men, and on that account 
sometimes visited Klaar Water, but he knew nothing. 
He told us that a boor, who had fled from the colony, 
lived for some time near where we were, but hearing 
that the Bushmen were concerting measures to kill 
him, he had removed farther down the river. Towards 
evening, we went forward to a fountain, that we might 
be able to reach Klaar Water on the morrow, but we 
found it farther than we expected, as we did not reach 
it till eight P.M. We named it Fisher Fountain, 
after the Landdrost of Graaf Reynet. Our last 
remaining piece of candle served barely to light us to 
eat our supper, but a large wood fire supplied the 
place of candle light. 
