AFRICA. aB3 
trouble. Every day, about four In the after- 
noon, they came regularly in flocks to drink 
at the fpring ; fo that, by placing myfelf in 
ambufcade, I killed as many as I pleafed. 
Three quarters of a league farther on was a 
hill, which I called my larder. Every morn- 
ing at fun-rife it was fo covered with groufe, 
that I could kill more at a fmgle fhot than were 
neceffary for our confumption. Thus, after 
having long experienced the horrors of famine, 
we fuddenly found ourfelves in extreme plenty; 
and I could feed my neighbours with our fu- 
perfluity, without inconvenience. 
I fometlmes extended my walks and my 
hunts as far as their kraal, with intention to 
ftudy their manners, and become acquainted 
with them. But they have nothing to diftin- 
guifh them from the Greater Nimiquas. In 
weapons, manners, cufloms, drefs, language, 
and conftrudlon of their huts, both are exadly 
alike, 
Befide fpring-bock antelopes and groufe, I 
frequently found buffaloes to afford me fport. 
At firft the giraffes continued to appear in 
herds of feven or eight ; but thefe timid ani- 
mals were foon alarmed by our continual fir- 
ing ; 
