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ROCKY ROAD. 
[1820. 
tentots, when custom would allow them to open 
their mouths, told their story with much eager- 
ness and fluency. They had searched for us three 
or four hours ; had come in the dark upon a rhino- 
ceros, who, from the suddenness of their appear- 
ance, was as much alarmed as they were, so that 
they mutually fled from each other. 
We went forward at seven a.m., travelling 
over a rocky pavement. At nine a. m. we came 
to a lake of fine water, in which were reeds eight 
and nine feet high. A stream running in an 
easterly direction proceeded from it. We tra- 
velled for an hour on most dangerous ground 
for waggons, over rocks of iron stone, firmly 
fastened in the ground ; many of them were a 
foot above it, with sharp sides and projecting 
points. I was very apprehensive that some of 
the wheels would be broken. The noise proceed- 
ing from the collision of the wheels against the 
rocks, began to abate in an hour. About ten 
A.M., though the ground presented the appearance 
of a close pavement, it became considerably 
smoother and easier for the waggons. At eleven 
A.M. we reached a refreshing fountain on the 
gentle declivity of a low hill, among tall grass, 
which we called Philip Fountain. After break- 
fast I examined this fountain. It proceeds from 
large loose rocks, completely shaded from the 
sun's rays, by a clump of evergreen trees of the 
