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mediation of Kakoes to little purpofe. Though 
this woman, from friendfliip to the whites, 
whom fhe faid flie loved to diftradion. and 
from gratitude for my 'waier^ of which fhe was 
ftill more fond, endeavoured to ferve me, I 
could procure only fix flieep. Indeed I might 
have had oxen more eafily ; and they would 
,cven have fold me mere of thefe than I wanted^ 
if I w^ould have given them in exchange knives, 
iron, or brafs. But I was too little pleafed 
with my laft teams to buy others, which pro- 
bably would prove no better; befides, my cargo 
of hardware was fo diminifhed by my preced- 
ing purchafes, that I wifhed to referve what I 
had left for more urgent neceiTities ; and, as to 
gkfs beads, the lefs Nimiquas had fuch an 
abundance that they cared but little about 
them. 
Schoenmaker, who knew the country, took 
upon himfelf to be our condudor. He pur- 
fued a north-eaft courfe, towards the copper 
mountains (kooper-bergenj ^ and after five hours 
travelling perfuaded me to unyoke my cattle 
on the banks of a fmall river which defcended 
from them. 
This was ^ bad halting place, as will foon 
appear ; 
