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JOURNEY IN THE COLONY. [1813. 
Left Zwartland Kirk about sun-set, and travelled 
until ten, P.M. when we halted near water. 
30th. In the morning Table Mountain, behind 
Cape-town, was full in view, which, from its great 
height, appeared near, though upwards of thirty miles 
distant. 
The following are the number of creatures killed by 
our people during the journey. 
Lion 1 
Wolves 2 
Hysena 1 
Buffaloes 5 
Hippopotami, or ^ 
Sea-cows • • • • 3 
Knoos 3 
Quachas 15 
Elks 8 
Ducker 1 
Springbucks 38 
Redbucks • • • 6 
Steinbucks 9 
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Rhebucks 3 
Bushbuck 1 
Zebras 2 
Baboon 1 
Serpents 31 
Jackal 1 
Scorpions 17 
Ostriches 2 
Guinea Fowls • • • • 17 
Wild Geese 2 
Wild Ducks 9 
Wild Peacock 1 
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While travelling in South Africa, and visiting various 
nations, I hardly met with half a dozen of the natives 
who are corpulent, but a great majorit}^ of the white 
inhabitants are so, especially the females. Can this 
