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out of rocks, I doubted not but there were fe- 
veral cavities In it containing water. ^ The pro- 
bability of my conje<$lure, added to the ro- 
mantic fituation of the place, made me refolve 
to encamp here. I even informed Pinar, that 
I intended to remain a vv^hole v^^eek ; and, that 
he might entertain no doubt of it, I difmifled 
Engelbrecht's teams. This determined him : 
he continued his Vv^ay, and thus I was rid of 
his company. 
What I had conjeftured as to the river was 
quickly verified : on fending a few of my 
people to fearch, they foon returned to inform 
me, that ihey had found water in twenty 
places. I was encamped very near fome vaft 
mountains of granite, through which the 
KauiTi had opened itfelf a paflage. In hollow- 
ing out its bed, the torrent had given the rocks 
a thoufand whimfical forms, which gratified 
the eye, and muft form natural cafcades of 
extraordinary beauty when abounding with . 
water. The place where my camp was fitu- 
ated was in general parched : there was little 
pafturage to be feen, and that little only here 
and there in patches, while it was covered with 
thick and lofty mimofas, the fhade of which 
K 3 was 
