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JOURNEY FROM 
[1820. 
of the river near us was paved with blue rock, as 
regularly as a causeway ; lines or splits went 
across from west to east, about three feet distant 
from each other, as if drawn by a measuring line, 
and could be traced to forty or fifty feet beyond 
the bed of the river. Splits across those lines, so 
as to make it resemble separate stones in the 
pavement, ran from north to south. 
Therm, at noon in the waggon 98, 
in the tent 103. 
We travelled from four to ten o'clock in the 
evening. Therm, at noon the succeeding day, in 
the shade, 92. During our journey in the even- 
ing, we hailed the new moon as the traveller's 
friend, and the next morning we arrived at Beau- 
fort, a deputy Drosdy which had been lately 
formed, under that of Graaf Reynet. They had 
not as yet commenced building, the town. The 
farm and farm-house belonging to Abraham de 
Clerk were purchased by government for the 
erection of this Drosdy, and the houses are pos- 
sessed by the local authorities of the district. 
The farm-house, which was the best I had seen 
in that part of the country, was occupied by Mr. 
Baird, the Landdrost ; and Mr. De Clerk, unwil- 
ling to leave the spot where he had resided many 
years, lived in one of the out-houses. He visited 
the waggons immediately after they had halted. 
He spoke very favourably of the Griquas during 
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