CHAP. IX. 
JOURNEY TO TURREEHEY. 
June 21. 
We left Patannee at ten a.m. The land for 
several miles is composed of red sand. It is sur- 
prising that the inhabitants of Patannee can be 
contented to live on a spot so barren and gloomy, 
seeing the whole country is before them. This 
can only be accounted for by the nakedness of a 
land being favourable to the discovery of an 
enemy at a distance. A woody situation on the 
contrary would conceal his approach. Therm, at 
sunrise, in shade, 39 : noon 65. 
At noon we crossed the Krooman, which was a 
considerable stream, and in half an hour passed 
over also the Maklareen, near its confluence with 
the former We examined some springs on the 
