CHAP. II. 
JOURNEY FROM BEAUFORT TO THE LIMITS OF 
THE COLONY. 
We left Beaufort on the evening of the 21st of 
February, and travelled over a flat tract of land, 
lying betw^een the Gamka on the right and a 
range of hills on the left. The whole range, for 
ten or twelve miles, was surmounted by a front- 
age of rock, resembling a wall, or fortification, 
from forty to fifty feet high, which exhibited a 
very interesting and commanding appearance. 
This natural rampart was so perpendicular that 
hardly a projecting crag could be seen. The 
night coming on, and our temporary guide being 
uncertain of the way, we proceeded in the best 
manner we were able, till about an hour before 
midnight, when the darkness obliged us to halt. 
Finding no water, we renewed our journey at 
daylight. The valley through which we travelled 
was bounded on either side by picturesque hills, 
regular strata appearing through the grass, like 
