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■v^vithout difficulty. Shortly after wc came 
to another which we iikewife paiied in a 
few minutes. We reached at length feme 
highlands, from the tops of which we dif- 
covered fcveral beatitifui vales clothed with 
long dry grafs, fmall ciufters of trees, and in 
other places, forefts of coniiderable extent, 
fkirting mountains of different elevations. 
In the courfe of the day, we were in 
great diftrefs for want of water, and loft 
much time in the purfoit of it» Indeed we 
almoft deipaired of finding any, as the earth 
appeared fo dry as to cxhauft all the brooks 
we had viiitcd. Luckily however, about 
fun-fet, we difcovered a fm.all rivulet that 
run near the Ikirt of a foreft ; and, although 
the water was not good, yet ftili it relieved 
us from a dreadful fituation. 
We had this day travelled about thirty 
aiiiles, and therefore determined to remain 
where we were during the night. Ail 
hands, therefore, went immieciiately to 
work for the purpofe of getting fuel. — We 
had feen no wild animals in the courfe of 
the day, but frequently obferved the dung 
of the elephant and the rhinoceros. 
As our fituation for this night was dan- 
gerous and deplorable as on the preceding 
one, w^e determined to enlarge our fires, as 
the only means of lafety wx had left. This 
was accordingly done, and we had the pleaf- 
ure to find, when the day appeared, that 
not an individual was miffing of the whole 
party. 
