348 JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. [1813. 
by surprise in the morning. By this means they are fre- 
quently successful. We visited their burying ground, 
which lies in a retired corner, among hills, about a mile 
S. W. of the settlement. They dig their graves deep ; and, 
as they do not use coffins, but wrap the body in skins, 
they dig a place out of the side of the grave near the bot- 
tom, like a shelf, in which they deposit the body, lest the 
stones which are thrown in should press too hard upon 
it. On the surface of the ground a large stone is 
placed at each end of the grave. 
On a hill, a few hundred yards off, is a heap of 
stones raised against a small cliff, which is reported to 
be a Bushman's grave, and probably is cut out of the 
rock. So sacred, however, are the repositories of the 
dead considered here, that even though there are re- 
ports that property lies concealed under the stones, it 
never has been examined. Nothing can be conceived 
more solitary than these receptacles of the dead, being 
chiefly visited by lions, wolves, and other wild beasts ; 
but the Son of God shall discover them at the termi- 
nation of time : they shall hear the sound of the resur- 
rection and judgment trumpet, and hasten from retire- 
ment to mingle with innumerable multitudes who shall 
assemble on that awful occasion. They are happy 
who can think of it with pleasure. 
Boozak, one of our zealous christian Hottentots from 
Bethelsdorp, remained with some of the Griquaas be- 
hind, at the mouth of the Malalareen, to shoot the 
hippopotamus. They went about a day and a half's 
