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JOURNEY FROM 
[1820. 
Maklanka, were in the company. They carried 
with them skins, assagais, knives, shields, &c. 
to exchange for beads at the fair. The only pro- 
visions they seemed to have for the journey were 
two or three bags filled with thick sour milk, with 
the water strained off, and which was nearly as 
hard as new cheese ; it tasted as sour and affected 
the throat in the same way as vinegar. 
Being furnished, by the favor of Berend, with 
fresh oxen to drag the waggons to Lattakoo, 
they were yoked at two p.m., but a severe 
thunder storm prevented our departure for an 
hour, after which we set off, but were soon obliged 
to halt, in consequence of a heavy fall of rain, 
attended by peals of thunder, and vivid light- 
ning. When the storm abated we proceeded 
through a valley, covered with tall grass, reach- 
ing to the bellies of the oxen, and bounded at 
the sides by hills, variegated with clumps of 
bushes. Game has become very scarce within 
these few years, owing to the increase of muskets 
among the Griquas ; lions, tigers, wolves, and 
other beasts of prey, have therefore become 
proportionably scarce, for where there is no 
game, these animals cannot subsist. 
At nine p. m. we cleared the hills, and entered 
upon an extensive valley interspersed with tufts 
of bushes---the heavens wore a gloomy aspect, 
