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CHAPTER V. 
Defcrlptlon of the cmntry near the ^uonck. — Gemilnc char^ 
titter of the Tamhduchis delineaied.—Caufe of the lafl 
' *war hctnireri the Ccloitifts and Caffreer €:<plalned.—Why 
the Tamhoiichls did not fuffer the crenv to depart jooner,— 
Their reafons.— Narrative contpiued.—Crenx} dcftitute of 
floocs. — Ccufitries through ^hieh they puffed iefcrihed,— 
Jlnruiir^gftucition of the party at night. — Not mokfied ' 
hy the ajiimalf of the deferts. 
|3 EFOR E I proceed in this Narrative, ^ I 
"^"^'i^^^ endeavour to give the reader ferae 
klea of the country that lay before us when 
we landed on the beach ; a few traits like- % 
vviie of the general character of the natives^ 
and explain their motives for not fufFeringus 
to depart until the fourth day ; and w^hich 
for fome time,^ appeared fo ambiguous, as 
to give both me and my people the moil feri- 
ous inquietude. 
During our miferable abode under the 
fand-hills, we frequently contemplated the 
licene before us. Nearly as far as the eye 
could travel, we beheld a country finely 
w^ooded, and confidering the feafon wdiich 
was their w inter, producing a moft boun- 
tiful vegetation. Their cattle appeared in 
fuch prodigious numbers as to balSe calcu- 
lation ; and their condition^ which w^as equal 
to the beft fed oxen in Great-Britain, clear- 
ly denionftrated the richnefs of their paftur- 
a,::e. Sheep vrcre not to ])e difcovercdj nor 
