March.] GRIQUA TOWN TO LATTAKOO. 
22d. Therm. 86. Two or three of the people 
were sick. As no supply of water was to be ex- 
pected durmg the succeeding fifty miles, we filled 
all our empty vessels with that valuable article, and 
departed at three p. m., resolving not to halt till 
we had reached the next fountain. At other sea- 
sons there is a pool half way, but at this time it 
was empty. At six p. m. we passed over a low 
hill and descended into a valley, about two miles 
in circumference, lined on all sides by low hills 
and covered with long grass, from which there 
appeared no way of egress. We at last disco- 
vered a narrow pass leading to a valley exactly 
similar to the former. We next entered a very 
extensive plain, the same range of hills continu- 
ing to extend to the left. Through this plain 
we travelled till half past five o'clock next 
morning, when the crowing of a cock intimated 
our having reached Berend's Kraal, and several 
Griquas and Bushmen came from their huts to 
give us a hearty welcome. Berend, it appears, 
has cultivated a considerable portion of land in 
this place. 
At sunrise our waggons were visited by a 
party of Matchappees, from Lattakoo, on their 
way to Beaufort fair. They had slept under a 
clump of trees the preceding night ; all of them 
recollected having seen me at Lattakoo, during 
my former journey. Two chiefs, Chakka and 
