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proceeded to the river, and crossed it in 
pursuit of our guides. They were standing 
on the summit of the mountain when we 
came up, and expressed the utmost satisfac- 
tion at our escape. They gave us a terrible 
description of the people we had just left, 
and assured us, if the remainder of their 
horde had not been hunting at the time 
we got to the Fish River, not a man of us 
would have survived. Our guides also told 
us they were the most abominable horde 
throughout the whole of Caffraria. 
Our conversation lasted but a few mi- 
nutes, when we resolved to descend the 
mountain, and pursue our journey. We had 
scarcely put ourselves in motion, when a 
scene of the most extensive and luxuriant 
beauties burst in a moment on our view. 
The danger we had just escaped engaged 
our attention so entirely, when we gained 
the summit, that we did not immediately 
perceive the world of beauties that now lay 
spread before us. All stood for some time 
in a state of rapture and amazement. The 
country was mostly a level, yet pleasingly 
diversified with gentle elevations, on the 
tops of which we could perceive clumps of 
