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fiicceffive feafons, two winters divided by a 
fumm^r. But this fudden change of tem- 
perature gave us all a cold and hoarfenefs, 
which were not removed till feveral days after 
our return to Van der Wefthuyfen^^. 
The firft objeft that met my eyes when I 
alighted was that abominable Pinar, whom ill 
fortune had throwm In my way to plague me. 
I would have given any thing in the world to 
have been rid of him ; but the tormentor came 
immediately to tell me, that he had waited on 
purpofe to have the pleafure of feeing me again. 
My intention was to give my Hottentots 
and the oxen I had purchafed a day's reft, 
and to depart on the following morning. But 
Van der Wefthuyfen's family obferved to me, 
that as 1 had new cattle, wnth the manners of 
which I was yet unacquainted, I ihould run 
fome rilk in employing them without previ- 
ous trial ; and offered, if I would remain with 
them three days longer, to lend me theirs to 
tranfport my waggons as far as the river 
Kaufli. This offer I accepted, though I had 
no doubt that I Ihould be frequently out of 
humour with Pinar, and heartily tired of the 
drinkers. 
I 4 A fingu- 
