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JOURNEY FROM BEAtJFORT TO [182a 
We halted near the field-cornet's place, at nine 
p. M. where our two guides, appointed by the 
Landdrost, found us. 
The lions have retired from this district 
since the farmers took possession of it ; tigers 
also, and various other animals, that formerly 
abounded, are now rarely seen. At a little 
distance from the cornet's house, a river com- 
mences in a spring, the water of which is as salt 
as the sea ; but only one hundred yards below 
the source, on the side of the river, we were 
shown a spring of fresh water, which fully supplies 
all the demands of the family.* 
At half-past seven p. m. we reached the boor's 
house. The horse sickness, so fatal to that noble 
animal, and to the interests of the farmer, was pre- 
vailing much at that time. Mr. Baird pointed 
out a flat part of a mountain, only a few miles 
from Beaufort, about half-way from the summit, 
to which, if they send their horses when the 
disease is in the country, none of them will be 
affected. There is also a hill in the Griqua 
country, called Horse Mountain, which is resorted 
to in the same way, when the disease is in the 
land. 
* In the neighbourhood of Cape Town, also, there are some 
salt and fresh springs within a few feet of each other. 
