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JOURNEY ACROSS THE 
[1813. 
Tovernaans, 
Kokerbooms, 
Hoogtens, 
Zeekoe-dragei's, 
Katmenchen, 
Heights. 
Bearers of sea-cows. 
Cat-people, on account of their 
having pursued a hartebeast across 
a ford called Cat-ford. 
Wizards. 
Quiver trees. Trees from which 
the Bushmen make their arrows. 
Spinnekopsooger, 
Links Staariy Standing to the left — this refers to 
those at Malapeetzee. 
2nd. Each of us collected a few crystalizations from 
the hill behind the kraal. The natives smiled at our 
employment, just as London people would, were they 
to see some Chinese visitors picking up broken pieces 
of bricks from the streets, and putting them in their 
pockets to carry home as curiosities. As many of these 
sparkling stones might easily be collected as would 
cover the front of a house, which when the sun shines, 
would certainly, in point of magnificence and gran- 
deur, vie with any house in Mahomet's imaginary 
paradise ; nay, even outshine the temple of Solomon 
at Jerusalem. 
When walking towards a hill to take a drawing of 
the koker tree, (the leaves of which resemble the aloe, 
and which we have seen in no other part of Africa, 
though they are very numerous here, especially on the 
summits of the hills,) some young people were advanc- 
ing towards me, but no sooner did they observe me, 
