AFRICA. 20$ 
to me In fuch plcafmg colours; and they 
afcrlbed the alteration to the drought which 
had prevailed during the rainy feafon, and 
which had been greater than was ever known 
in the memory of man; 
From thefe obfervations it followed, that I 
had ill chofen my time for travelling ; but re- 
gret afforded no remedy for my fituation, and 
a remedy was what I wanted. Weak and fa- 
tigued as my cattle were, I could not think of 
making them a'ofs the river ; for they muft all 
have perifhed in it : befides, the oppofite bank 
did not appear better furniflied with food for 
them than that where we were. My fole recourfe 
was to fearch afrefh for fome fpot that was lefs 
fcorched. 1 fent every one out upon this expe- 
dition ; and, towards evening, information was 
brought me of a place where the Bofhmen's 
grafs was a little lefs dried up than elfewhere. 
It is true, it required two hours for the cattle to 
reach this place ; bur, as I had no alternative, 
I found myfelf compelled, for a few days at 
leaft, to avail myfelf of this refource, laborious 
as it was. Accordingly I direded that eight of 
my people, well armed, fliould condud: my 
herd thither every morning, and bring it back 
in 
