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viz. red paint, blue shining powder, beads, 
cloaks, &c. to be exchanged for iron, copper, 
and cattle. Mateebe sent also a parcel in charge 
of a servant. All these men depended on our 
muskets for their provisions during the journey. 
When w^e crossed the Krooman river, the number 
of persons who had followed us from Lattakoo re- 
turned home. We then entered on the plain which 
extends northward as far as Old Lattakoo. At half 
past eight p.m. we halted at a pool called Harre-a- 
tuneway, or hunting-field. Four Matchappees 
having reached it before us, had kindled a fire, 
one of whom, Meoonstwee had been my guide 
on my former journey from Lattakoo to Mala- 
peetzee. He was pleased when the circumstance 
was mentioned to me, and likewise by my recog- 
nizing his countenance on the fire burning a little 
brighter. 
12th. We intended to have proceeded to the 
Maklareen River at sunrise, but the oxen having 
strayed in the night-time, in search of sweeter 
grass, it was eight in the morning before we could 
move, and at half-past nine a.m. we halted on the 
banks of the Maklareen. Munameets, whom we 
.expected to have found there, joined us about ten 
A. M. He had slept at a cattle-place in the neigh- 
bourhood belonging to a relative, from whence he 
brought some thickened milk. He complained 
