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this chance det'ctined us ; but not an mdu 
vidual was to be obferved. Out of Jtxty 
that compofed the party, when we left our 
favage friends on the beach, thirty -fix Vv^ere 
fo maimed and worn down by fatigue, as to 
be unable to travel : thefe remained in the 
deferts, if not already deftroyed, and had 
no hope of prefervation, but from our ex- 
ertions. 
The guides informed us, we were cer- 
tainly near a Chriftian fettlement that wa^ 
inhabited : the laft we faw, had been de- 
ftroyed by the Cajfrees during the Vv^ar with 
the Colonijis ; I therefore determined to pro- 
ceed, where relief could be obtained, with 
every poffible difpatch. My people follow- 
ed me v/ith redoubled energy ; the falva- 
tion of their comipanions was the incentive, 
and that confideration banifhed every idea 
of danger or fatigue. 
We travelled without a fin 2:le halt for a- 
bout three hours, Vv^hen one of the guides, 
who was advanced, roared out, in a tranf- 
port of joy, " I fee a Hottentot^ attending a 
flock of fliecp.^^ It was the voice of ^ feraph 
proceeding from a Caffrec. We all ran to 
the place where he ftood, and at a ccnlider- 
able diftance, obferved a man attending a 
flock of at Xtz^^foiir ihoitfand. We moved in 
a body towards tlie fhepherd, v/ho feerned 
at firil to be alarmed ; but perceiving we 
were mofdy whites^ and unarmed5 -he ftopt 
until we carne up. I requeilecl of him to 
cUrccl us the neareil way to the firft fettle- 
