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Having passed, on the seventh, the Bosh- 
isman's path in perfect security, we began 
to consider ourselves released from their 
attacks, and therefore went on with un- 
usual cheerfulness. We proceeded through 
a delightful country, abounding in gazelles, 
and plentifully stocked with porcupines. 
We found their quills in vast quantities 
on the ground, and a great number of 
their holes. I had the curiosity to examine 
several of them, and, judging from the 
quantity of earth that lay at the entrance 
of their habitations, I conceived they must 
have penetrated to a considerable depth. 
We stopt this day at a farmer's, and ex- 
changed our remaining sheep for an equal 
number of fresh ones. Those we possessed 
were drove so far, that most of them be- 
came feeble and emaciated 5 but the colo- 
nist was a liberal man, and parted freely 
with his property, though he lost by the 
exchange. 
From the 8th to the 16th of June, our 
journey was not interrupted by any dis- 
agreeable occurrence. The countries through 
which we passed displayed every mile we 
