54 TRAVELSINAFRICA, 
NovSer Cape. It alfo produces good fruit, fuch as Oranges, Figs, 
V — ' Mulberries, Peaches, Apricots, Almonds, Sec. This place is 
called the Good Hope. 
From the Good Hope, I directed my courfe fouth-weft, and 
pafTed the hot baths. On the tenth I faw a number of Oftriches, 
with which animal this country abounds. After a very fati- 
guing march, I arrived at the houfe of one Folkenhager, where 
I refted till the thirteenth, when two peafants came up who 
were on their way to the Cape ; they offered me a place in 
their waggon, which I thankfully accepted, my horfe being 
quite tired with the heavy roads I had already paffed. We 
continued our journey along the banks of the Elephants 
River ; and on the feventeenth arrived at the Atquas Kloaf, 
where we refted the eighteenth ; and here I collected many 
different forts of plants, particularly Aloes and Mezembryan- 
thimums. 
The Atquas Kloaf, which we paffed on the nineteenth, is a 
very rugged path ; but afforded me great variety of plants. 
On the twentieth, we reached a place called the Sure Fla£ta, 
when I parted with my fellow travellers, and proceeded to- 
wards the Hottniqua Land, in order to examine the exteniive 
woods upon the range of mountains which we had juft paffed. 
At night I came to the houfe of Mr. Bota, a very obliging 
man, who furniffied me with a guide the next morning ; and, 
at the clofe of that day's journey, I found myfelf by the White 
Elfe River ; which takes its name from a tree called, by the 
Dutch, White Elfe. 
