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JOURNEY FROM 
[1820. 
locust kind was creeping up the inside of the 
tent ; it is called by farmers and Hottentots the 
corn-boor, because it is most frequently seen 
among corn at the time of harvest. It was about 
three inches long, and as much in circumference, 
the belly light green and nearly flat, the back 
black, of an oval shape, and raised, the legs about 
four inches long, with three joints, it had several 
thorns behind the head. 
Peecharoo, a Bootshuana, who accompanied us, 
being asked by a travelling boor if he would come 
into his service, replied—" I know these men I am 
with, but I do not know you ; they have good 
hearts, but I do not know your's ; there is another 
of them at the Cape, a Mynheer Philips, who has 
also a good heart." 
The day being comparatively cool, we were able 
to proceed at two p.m., keeping the Black Moun- 
tains to the right, or south ; these were covered 
by a white cloud, which appeared like an immense 
sheet spread over them, and extending for at least 
forty miles, but the three ranges of lower hills in 
front were free from clouds. A black ostrich, fol- 
lowed by several young ones, was seen about a 
quarter of a mile to the left of the road, but we did 
not molest them. At six p. m. we crossed the dry 
bed of the Cat River ; at seven, we reached the 
Gamka, which is also called the Lion River, from 
