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COURSE OF THE RIVERS. [1820. 
Malapeetzee valley, through the pass at the north 
end, at which pass I found the Mobatee entering 
to unite its waters with the Arrowsmith, so that 
instead of going round by the eastward of the 
Malapeetzee mountains, till it came into the 
Malalareen as I conjectured, its course is along 
the valley on the western front of those moun- 
tains. This junction of the Arrowsmith and the 
Mobatee Rivers was the extent of my former 
journey to the N. E. 
At four P.M. we crossed the former track of 
my waggons, opposite to Wilberforce Pass, 
leading to Malapeetzee, but no trace of the wag- 
gon-wheels could now be discovered. Mala- 
peetzee being deserted in order to obtain grass 
for numerous herds of cattle, of course I had no 
occasion to turn up to it, but proceeded along the 
valley to the southward, till we reached the banks 
of the Maboon River, which descends into the 
valley by an opening in the hills to the westward, 
and unites with the Arrowsmith. There we halted 
at five p. M., to wait the return of Cupido and 
another, who went forward on horseback, early in 
the morning, to find out Makoon, the captain of 
the Bushmen on the Malalareen, and, if still 
alive, to bring him to us. In the evening we 
were happy to find by Cupido that he was 
living, notwithstanding all the reports we had 
heard of his being murdered, and that he would 
