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iniifl have feen it, fince it is veiy plentiful oa 
the banks of the river ; and he accompanied 
Gordon, when this gentleman gave the river 
the name of Orange. Not having feen the 
flov^er of this fhrub, I drew it as I found it, 
with the fruit only, which is of a deep red 
when ripe. The paroquets alone crack the 
ftone of it and eat the kernel j but the pulp of 
it is not good. 
Schoenmaker's oxen had fufFered greatly 
from the fatigues of the journey ; and the in- 
different forage of the place was not calculated 
to recover them. He requefted me therefore 
to allow him to quit me. As 1 perceived he 
had no mbtive for this but the gradual dete- 
rioration of his cattle, I offered, if he would 
conient to accompany m.e a little longer, to 
fend his people and teams back to his planta- 
tion, with four of my hunters as a guard. To 
this he confented ; and in confequence, as he 
knew the river, and that my oxen in their 
exhaufted condition were iticapable of render- 
ing me any fervice, he advifed me to proc eed 
higher up the ftream ; afTuring me, that by 
fo doing I fhould find better forage for them. 
This advice was good, and I foiiowed it. 
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