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P.M. we and the waggons arrived at the same spot 
near the river. Their way was very rough as well 
as ours. 
We saw several spots where tobacco had been 
planted by some people, and there are none to steal 
it, for the land seems destitute of inhabitants. The 
country on the north side of the river continues still 
to be a plain, without any visible end. 
29th. Thermometer at sun-rise, 36, At noon, 66. 
We were all glad to find the air a little cooler, but 
our waggons suffered from the absence of moisture 
in the atmosphere, as the timbers were all shrinking. 
At three P.M. we departed in the hope of reaching 
a Coranna kraal in three hours. The road was first 
over stones, then hard, and at last deep sand. At 
six P.M. we came to the place where we expected 
to find the Coranna kraal, but they had removed 
lower down the river, wherefore we halted. I preached 
in the forenoon and Mr. Read in the evening, but 
we were sorry we had not the congregation of Corannas 
we expected. Travelled W. 
30th. Thermometer at sun-rise, 32. At seven 
A.M. we departed and travelled S.W. until nine A.M. 
when we arrived at the Coranna kraal belonging to 
Hans Huiman, a Dutch (or bastard) Hottentot. We 
saw nothing worth recording; every thing was in a 
state of nature, all wilderness, except the charming 
river which kept us company on our right, whose 
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