June.] PRESENTS TO SEHOREE'S SONS 
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Southern Atlantic Ocean. After halting about 
three quarters of an hour, and informing- them of 
Lintua's having consented to receive Missionaries, 
we left Letakka and entered the Great Desert. 
Two of Sehoree's sons accompanied us about two 
miles, to point out the course we should follow, 
in order to reach water. I had nothing at hand 
to give them but thimbles, one of which I pre- 
sented to each ; but though they admired their 
beauty, and supposed them to be very precious, 
they could not conjecture to what use they could 
be applied. We pointed out to them, that by a 
hole being bored in each, it could be suspended 
from the ear. They then viewed them as inva- 
luable acquisitions, and showed them as great 
curiosities to a few of their followers. 
We passed a dead serpent about five feet long, 
saw springboks in different directions, and at three 
P.M. came to the bed of the Krooman River, 
which was dry, the stream having sunk into the 
sand nearly opposite to Letakka. Two or three 
holes, dug by the natives, contained some water, 
one of which was good, though not clear, a second 
was muddy, and a third was of a greenish hue. 
Here we were glad to halt under a curious wall 
of rock, ornamented with a tuft of shrubs. Our 
shooters brought in two springboks, A Mat- 
chappee, who was crossing the Desert alone from 
Laheisey's, joined us after sunset, pleased that he 
