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wounded by one of our mufket-balls, and was 
whole, though dead. Immediately I diredled 
him to be cut up, and haftened to quit a place, 
where, though we had experienced little lofs, 
we had undergone much fear. 
The neareft place at which we could (lop 
had been formerly the fite of a horde. It was 
but three leagues from our laft camp. To 
reach it we followed the courfe of the moun- 
tains ; but thefe were fo covered with kooker- 
booms ^ that, finding it impradicable to advance, 
I dire£ted fuch of my people as were not 
wanted to drive my waggons, to proceed be- 
fore, and kick down all the trees that flood in 
the way. There was one, however, the beauty 
of which fo much ftruck me, that I ordered it 
on that account to be fpared. It was nine feet 
eight inches [ten feet four inches, Englifh,] in 
circumference, and its branches overfliadowed 
a fpace of more than a hundred feet in dia- 
meter. 
From Schoenmaker I learned, that one Van 
Wyk had inhabited this place, and in confe-* 
quence I gave the name of this wandering co- 
lonift to a little brackidi fpring which we found 
there. After having refted my cattle, I con- 
VoL. II. O tinued 
