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fifted only of his wives, his children, and feven 
or eight Hottentots in his fervice. To the ' 
place where this horde was encamped, I gave 
the name of the Seraglio. I afterwards met 
with three fimilar hordes on my journey, but 
their fultans little refembled Schoenmaker : 
they were villains, of whom I fhall hereafter 
have occafion to fpeak. 
Since my departure from Namero, I obferved 
that my draught-oxen gradually wafted away, 
though I had been careful not to work them 
hard, and they had only begun to draw me 
fmce we left the KauflTi. But the country 
afforded only dry plants and a few flirubs ; 
and this kind of diet, to which tTiey were not 
accuftomed like the Nimiqua cattle, did not 
agree with them. This Schoenmaker obferved 
alfo, and advifed me to quit the country as 
fpeedily as pofTible ; offering at the fame time, 
if I would allow him two days to make the 
neceflary preparations, to draw me with his 
own oxen as far as the Great River. Such an 
offer could not be otherwife than acceptable : 
of courfe it was not refufed, and I employed 
my two days in examining the country and 
the mountains. 
Thi3 
