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accosted the party in a language wholly unintelligible ; but 
the signs they made use of could not easily be mistaken. 
They gave them something to eat, which, with a little to- 
bacco, had an instantaneous effect on their spirits, and caused 
them to dance for joy. They were just able to make the 
party understand that their names were Jacob and Jeptha, 
and that they had been disciples of the two missionaries 
above-mentioned. 
Pursuing their journey over these dreary and desolate 
plains, where few living creatures except a quacka, a harte- 
beest, or an ostrich were occasionally seen browsing at a 
distance, the party arrived on the evening of the 23d at a 
brack or saltish river, where they pitched their tents for the 
night. Here they were again accosted by a solitary Bosjes- 
man, who called himself Jf ildboy, indicating by signs, for not 
a creature could comprehend the meaning of a single syllable 
he uttered, that he was extremely hungry. Having ordered 
as much food to be given to him as was sufficient to satisfy 
the craving of his appetite, he stole away in the course of the 
night, and they saw no more of him. 
. At a httle distance from the next halting place, the Lions 
fonteifi, one of the party had the good fortune to shoot a 
quacha of a larger size than what any of the boors had ever 
recollected to have seen, of which Mr. Daniell made a very 
accurate drawing. It was the first wild quadruped they had 
procured. In the midst of so extensive and dreary a desert 
they were not a little surprized, though by no means an un- 
usual tiling, to meet with a Dutch boor of the name of KoTc, 
