ACCOUNT 
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JOURNEY TO THE BOOSHUyiNAS. 
After passing the Boundary of the Colony, the Strength of the Expedition is 
mustered — They meet with two Bosjesmen on the Desert — With a Dutch 
Boor and his Family — Pass the Karree-bergen, and meet a Party of armed 
Bosjesmen — Salt Lakes — The Gariep or Orange River — Horde of Kora 
Hottentots — Missionary Kicherer's Kraal — Contrast between the Gospel and 
the Moravian Missionaries — Bosjesmans — Several new Characters join 
the Party — The Iron Mountain — Effect produced on the Cofnpass — Wild 
Buffalos — Giraffe or Camelopardalis — Source of the Kourmanna River — 
Arrival of a Party of Booshuanas from the King — Mimosa or Umbrella 
Tree — Arrival at Leetakoo— Interview with the Chief- — Situation, Size, 
and Population of Leetakoo — Some Account of the Booshuanas, their 
Character, Possessions, Resources, Amusements, free and happy Condition, 
Origin, IS'c. — The Barroloos — Slavery mihiown in the interior Parts of 
Southern Africa — The Palla Antelope — Pace of the Country — Mimosas 
loaded with Nests of the gregarious Loxia — The Kokoon apparently a 
Species of Gnoo — A 7iew Species of ^acha — Opinion of the Ancients 
respecting new Animals incorrect — Return to the Kourmanna River — A 
Lion shot while striding over a Hottentot — Booshuana Villages — Patanie — 
Abundance of large Game — The Takheitse, a new Species of Antelope or 
Cow — Buffalo hunting — This Creature and the Elephant resent Injuries — 
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