50 DISCOVERY OF WATER. 
[1820. 
them said he would sleep only one night more on 
the road ; that if the waggons halted on Wed- 
nesday before reaching Lattakoo, he should pro- 
ceed forward by himself. Munameets added, 
that he would do so likewise. No human being 
was seen by any of us during the day. Lightning 
intheS.W. 
The morning was mild and pleasant. We found 
another pool of water, about thirty yards farther 
down than the one at which we halted ; a small 
stream runs from the upper pool into the lower 
one, and from thence it flows over and fertilizes 
many acres of meadow-ground, which are covered 
with tall, healthy grass, and surrounded by trees. 
If the poor Bushmen knew how to cultivate these 
lands, which might be accomplished with little 
labour, the wants of very many could be supplied. 
The two fountains we named Griffin's Fountains. 
The oxen having fed plentifully, we departed 
at ten a. m., travelling first among bushes, then 
through tall grass. At eleven a. m. I heard a great 
shouting among the people, which arose from 
Reyner Mountains, near Lattakoo, being in sight. 
A great part of the way was rough and trying to 
the waggons, not now from stones, but from tufts 
of strong coarse grass, whose roots, retaining 
hard clay about them, become small hillocks, 
from one to three feet in circumference, and se- 
