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JOURNEY ACROSS THE [1820, 
of thunder rolled around and over our heads for 
several hours. Therm. 89. 
At six p. M. we proceeded over a rough road, 
frequently encountering steep descents, rendered 
vv^orse by large loose stones strewed upon the 
ground ; the night being cloudy, and conse- 
quently dark, rendered it more difficult for us to 
get forward ; it was therefore judged prudent to 
halt at nine p. m. From every part of the horizon 
proceeded vivid lightning, ten or twelve flashes 
every minute. 
In the morning we found we had halted within 
two hundred yards of the river, and near plenty 
-of grass for the oxen. A party of Coranna men 
paid us an early visit. Mr. Moffat through an in- 
terpreter, stated to them various truths from Scrip- 
ture. Two or three of their chief men were over- 
heard by our guides, inquiring of our Bootshuana 
where we were going, who in his simplicity 
replied, " They love every one they meet, 
but they love the Bootshuanas best, and they 
are travelling to their country." 
They brought us three bamboosses*, for which 
* Abamboos is a deep wooden vessel, something in shape like 
a tea-canister, but cut out of a block of wood. 
