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THE BUSHMEN'S HARVEST. [1820. 
N. E. to S. W., and differing in breadth from two 
to five miles. We saw large flocks of quachas 
feeding in it. This is the part of Africa, extend- 
ing also to the S. and S. E., to which the game 
migrate in the winter from the more northern 
latitudes, and here they remain about four months. 
These months are called, in that part of the 
country, the Bushman's harvest, from the great 
number of animals they obtain during that season. ^ 
They are seldom at the trouble to hunt them 
themselves, the game killed in the night, by lions 
and other carnivorous animals, being so great that 
abundance is left for the Bushmen. They are 
accustomed to dry the flesh until it is so hard 
that it can be reduced to a powder, in which 
state they preserve it till times of scarcity. This 
was the only instance of prudent economy I had 
met with among that nation. It appeared to be 
forced upon them, from the quantity of game 
thrown in their way during this period of the 
year. It is also the season for digging those roots 
on which they chiefly live when destitute of flesh. 
Passing along the valley, we saw a Bushman 
village on an eminence to the right, and several 
inhabitants peeping down at us from behind the 
bushes, but none ventured to approach the 
waggons. A covey of pheasants was raised by 
the noise of the waggons. At three p. m. we 
passed a wide river, called Kokanna, containing 
