AFRICA. 
wonders that were related, and now came to 
be afTured of them by her own eyes. She ex- 
amined me very attentively, viewed me in 
every direftlon, and at length beftowed on mc 
many marks of friendfhip, Thefe I repaid 
with Intereft, and made her feveral prefents,' 
with which £he was infinitely pleafed. 
This horde was one of the moft numerous 
of the Nimiqua nation. I traverfed the kraal 
with my whole troop, and went to pitch my 
camp a mile or two farther on, near a fpring, 
the water of which was excellent, though it 
had a milky hue which injured a little its tranf- 
parency. Refolving to ftay a few days at 
this place, in order to ftudy the manners of the 
nation, I announced my defign to my people, 
to whom it was very agreeable news. In a 
moment they had eredled my tents, conftruded 
their huts, and formed that enclofure of flakes, 
which, according to our ufual cuftom when I 
intended to tarry at any place, ferved to tie 
our horfes and oxen to, and enclofe them. 
"While the men and women were all bufied 
In their feveral employments, a beautiful bee- 
eater, of a new fpecies, came and pitched boldly 
on one of our palifades. This was offering 
him- 
