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ARRIVAL AT LATTAKOO. [1820. 
gone forward in search of such a spot. We de- 
parted at seven a.m., and at nine came to a pool 
of water, near a thick clump of trees, where we 
halted. Here Munameets had kindled a fire, and, 
contrary to our expectation, proceeded forward 
with one of our Lattakoo Hottentots, whose 
family lived in that place. Both were determined 
not to halt till they had reached the town. From 
the appearance of Reyner Mountain, we also 
hoped by perseverance to reach it in the evening ; 
and we had some inducement to persevere, having 
neither bread, butter, milk, sugar, coffee nor 
flesh left for our support, all was now gone; 
indeed we had been on short allowance for some 
time. Had we possessed a good supply of food, 
Munameets and his Matchappees would not have 
left us a single mile from the town. 
We commenced our last stage at eleven a.m., 
and soon crossed the bed of a river covered with 
reeds and rushes, the water of which, when it 
flows, falls into the Maklareen. Much rain fell 
on the mountains to the westward ; these show- 
ers only reached us once, but did not render it 
necessary for us to halt. The soil consisted 
chiefly of red sand, covered with bushes, but not 
so deep as materially to obstruct the waggons. 
When nearly dark, we crossed the Krooman 
River, and about half past six p. m. rejoined our 
friends at Lattakoo, after a journey of eight weeks 
and two days. 
