Feb.] the LIMITS OF THE COLONY. 33" 
This disease has been the scourge of the colony 
for a considerable period, and is not properly 
understood ; neither has any remedy been yet 
discovered to counteract its baneful effects. 
The adjacent ground was so closely strewed 
with loose stones, that to clear it might at first 
sight appear impossible ; but, upon trial, I found 
I could clear away the stones covering a square 
yard in less than two minutes, and throw them 
to a greater distance than would be necessary for 
a waggon to stand from the gatherers of stones 
when the field should be clearing. The soil under 
the stones appeared to be good. No doubt the 
fir&t ploughing would throw up a great many 
fresh stones, which, perhaps, it might be no in- 
jury to the ground to allow to remain. 
We moved forward at five p.m., and met two 
Bushmen with their wives, who were each of 
them much pleased to receive a small piece of 
tobacco. The hills continued to be beautifully 
diversified in shape ; some were conical, others 
exhibited flat surfaces, and many were as re- 
gularly formed as if constructed by art. At ten 
o'clock at night we passed the last boor's place 
in the colony, called Bush-dove-place. The 
people were surprised to see the approach of our 
waggons, being a rare sight in so remote a corner 
of the country; they immediately lighted up 
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