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sations in the mind of the beholder. The recol- 
lection likewise of the various tribes of men in- 
habiting its banks, who are constantly refreshed 
by its waters, the innumerable animals daily re- 
sorting to it to allay their thirst, the forests ex- 
tending for many hundred miles along its sides, 
and the abundant pastures which it forms and 
enriches, render the contemplation of so useful 
and noble a production of the great Creator 
extremely interesting and delightful. 
About twenty Corannas from a neighbouring 
kraal visited us. Some of our people swam 
over the river on purpose to sound its depth, 
but in the middle, even by diving, they could not 
touch the bottom ; to cross it from that spot was 
therefore impracticable. Therm, at noon in the 
shade 92. 
Walking about a mile from the waggons, and 
following the track of human footsteps, I came to 
the Coranna kraal to which the Corannas then at 
the waggons belonged. There were only two 
men and three women, besides children remain- 
ing in it. A young woman and all the children 
fled into the thicket the instant I was observed. 
An umbrella, which I carried for defence against 
the intense heat of the sun, was perhaps the 
chief cause of their terror. After prolonging my 
walk along the side of the river for an hour, 
