104. TRAVELS IN 
In thefe lofty mountains of Camis, the mod 
(elevated perhaps in all the fouth of Africa, the 
air is fo fharp and cutting, as to affect the moft 
robuft conftitation. Whether I was indifpofed, 
or the cold had really augmented, which I 
doubt not was the cafe, I could no longer keep 
myfelf warm. My back was frozen, while 
the fire by which I was fitting fcorched my 
fhins. If, to remove the ftiffnefs occafioned by 
my awkward attitude, I attempted to ftep out 
of the hut, the air caufed fuch a tightnefs 
at my breaft as to ftop my refpiration : I 
panted, and, feeling as if I (hould be fuffb- 
cated, was obliged inftantly to re-enter the 
cabin. There, it is true, I had another incon- 
venience to fuffer, arifmg from the combined 
fmoke of my hoft's pipe and the fuel. But of 
the two evils between which I had to choofe, 
this was the more tolerable, and I therefore, 
till the return of my people, patiently fubmit- 
ted to it. 
They brought with them feven oxen, and 
two cows 5 which, added to the feven I had 
faved of my own, the fourteen fold me by 
Klaas Bafter, and thofe I had juft bought, 
made up forty- four draught cattle. This num- 
ber. 
