TRAVELS, &c. 
CHAP. I. 
JOURNEY FROM CAPE TOWN TO BEAUFORT. 
Every thing being prepared for our journey, 
we left Cape Town at ten a.m. January 18th, 
1820. The party consisted of Mr. and Mrs. 
Moffat, myself, and the necessary Hottentot at- 
tendants. Some young oxen, that appeared never 
to have been under the yoke before, soon became 
so restive, that, notwithstanding the greatest 
exertions on the part of the Hottentots, at ten 
o'clock in the evening we had only proceeded 
about three miles beyond the Salt River, where 
we halted for the night. 
The next morning we departed at daylight in 
order to reach water, but we found the oxen as 
difficult to manage as before, so that our progress 
was completely stopped. In this dilemma we 
were most opportunely relieved by some people 
who were driving wine-waggons, and who, no- 
