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JOURNEY ACROSS THE []813. 
13th. Left Hardcastle at eleven, A.M. at which 
time our caravan consisted of eight waggons, besides 
horses, oxen, and sheep; but most of these were to 
leave us as soon as we should get across the Great 
River. The day was pleasant, but the wind rather 
strong for so sandy a part of the country, for it blew 
the sand in clouds upon us, and rendered it uncom- 
fortable to travel. At Reed Fountain one of our wag- 
gons left us, to go eastward to Griqua-town, and we 
continued travelling directly north, among the moun- 
tains. At six, P.M. we halted at Paard-berg, (or 
Horse Mountain,) so called because in the sickly 
season for horses, they are frequently sent hither 
to escape the disease, and generally with success, 
owing to its height. There is a Coranna kraal and 
a fountain of water in a circular valley at the 
bottom. We visited the kraal, and were kindly re- 
ceived; but some of the children were excessively 
afraid. Most of the Corannas attended our worship 
at the waggons. 
14th. Forty-six Corannas attended worship in the 
morning, when many things were told them, through 
an interpreter, about God and the Saviour. The laws 
for Griqualand were also read to them, with which 
they expressed themselves much satisfied. Left Horse 
Mountain Valley at noon, (thermometer 6o,) and 
after a pleasant journey among hills till six, P.M. we 
arrived at a Griqua village, where Nicholas Bern, 
brother to the Captain, resides. Travelled N. 
