122 PROGRESS OVER THE DESERT. [1820, 
skin. He has been known to jump upon the 
back of the cameleopard, and to have been 
carried a distance of twenty miles. His claws 
however are so firmly fixed, that the flying and 
terrified animal seldom succeeds in freeing him- 
self from his rider till the lion himself chooses to 
dismount. 
29th. The buffaloes shot last night were cut 
up by the people in the morning, and brought to 
the waggons, when a portion was given to the 
wives of Laheisey, and to several of his people; 
also to Munameets, Seretz, and their servants, 
retaining a sufficient portion for our own use. 
At one p. M., every thing being packed up, and 
the oxen yoked, we proceeded in a S. S. E. di- 
rection over the desert, along the foot of the moun- 
tains of Laheisey. Our track lay over sand and 
among trees and bushes. At three p.m. we 
halted for a little time, at a pool of white-clay 
water, called Leeboochane, where we filled all 
our empty vessels. Though thick, yet it was 
well tasted. At half past four p.m. we halted 
for the night, at Reeboopee, a large pool of 
similar water, lying opposite to the most easterly 
of the Laheisey Mountains. 
Therm, at sunrise 48 : at noon 74. 
30th. Early in the morning a party set out 
