lo TRAVELS IN 
the abode of the proprietors of the deferted kraal. 
The road was difencumbered of obftrudions. 
It was beaten by the footfteps of the herdfmen 
and their cattle, from the cabins to the loftieft 
fummit. My eye could trace it winding along 
the fides of the mountains, lofing itfelf oc- 
cafionally in their hollows, and again re-afcend- 
ing the more prominent parts, to terminate in 
the plain at the top. 
At any other time I fhould by no means 
have thought of attempting fo long and labo- 
rious a march, and even now I was fenfible of 
all its difficulties. Leaving out of the account, 
that it would coft us a whole day's toil, and 
that perhaps to no purpofe, I had reafon to ap- 
prehend, that the fatigue of it, in our prefent 
exhaufted ftate, would be more than v/e could 
fupport. Befides, if there v/ere really Bofli- 
men in the mountain, I fhould evidently ex- 
pofe my troop, by entangling it among the 
rocks, where it might be attacked to the great- 
efl advantage. I was well aware of ail the 
force of thefe reflexions; but at the fame time 
I was more flrongly impreiled v^'ith the cer- 
tainty, that we could net extricate ourfelves 
from the diftrefs in v;hich we v;ere involved, 
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