Feb.] cape TOWN TO BEAUFORT. 
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ascended a rising ground, from whence he looked 
in all directions, but saw nothing of them ; after 
which he descended to the road, and searched for 
fresh footsteps of cattle. He found the footmarks 
of three oxen, which rather perplexed him as he 
only sought for two ; however, he resolved to fol- 
low their track, as they were in the direction of 
the wind, which African oxen generally prefer. 
After patiently tracing the marks for eight or nine 
miles, he came up to the oxen, and found that all 
the three belonged to the Society. 
By sunset that night he reached the Helbeck 
River, where he slept, and next morning ate his 
last piece of bread, after which he began his jour- 
ney to rejoin us. In two or three hours he came 
up to a waggon that had been halting and received 
a small supply of bread. About sunset he found 
water, at which he stopped for the night. Next 
day he was met by a man driving loose oxen, who 
told him he was desired by us to take them with 
him to his master, that we might get them oh our 
return. Cornelius very properly asked if he had 
any thing to show that what he said was true. 
As the man could produce no authority in support 
of his assertion, Cornelius would not give up the 
oxen, but drove them slowly forward till he 
reached us, about 5 p. m. 
During the time of supper, a large reptile of the 
