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NAMACQUA LAND. 
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to leave it behind, as all its strength was gone. Our 
two milch goats deserted and could not be found; 
tbeir loss was the more felt in consequence of the 
badness of the water. 
At five P.M. we left Casteel Fountain without any 
regret, and at nine reached Eckland Fountain, the 
water of which was similar to Casteel, so that feeling 
no desire to remain there, we went forward. At eleven 
P.M. we met two people driving oxen — a rare sight in 
the desert. At two o'clock in the morning we halted at 
a place called Dry Kraal, which is a small spot sur- 
rounded by mountains, where we happily obtained 
well-tasted water by digging in the sand. 
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