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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
^i777- that onwiiich the Colebrooke ftruck fome time after. As there 
u-v— ^ is no road along the bay, we took each a fmall portion of pro- 
vifions and our cloaks ; fatisfied that it would be impoffible to 
perform the journey in one day. Notwithflanding the rugged 
rocks and mountains we were obliged to crofs, we took horfe as 
far as it was poffible ; and much farther than it was fafe ; for 
tlie horfe I had, fell with me upon the fide of a very high pre- 
cipice ; and it was by mere accident that I faved myfelf, by 
laying hold of a flirub which grew out of a rock. About noon 
we came to th-e mouth of StienbralTam River, which takes its 
name from a fpecies of hfli, call Stienbraffam. In the morning 
v.^e came to a deep bay, not laid down in any of our fea-charts. 
It opens to th-e north-weft, and is well flieltered from the fouth- 
eaft winds by very lofty mountains. At this time Captain 
Gordon called it Van Pletenbey's Bay ; but fince that he has 
given it another name ; and fome time after, he difcovered a 
bay to the ■ eaftward, which is laid down in all the new charts, 
and is faid to be very fafe for flilpping. Finding a fmall ftream 
of excellent water at this place, we agreed to ftay all night ; 
and next morning we continued our journey roimd the Hang 
•Lip, or Cape Falfe. From Hottentot Holland, to this place, 
■the country is quite uninhabited ; the whole trad confifting of 
precipices and rugged mountains. We palled a fecond bay, 
which was fmaller than the firft ; though the entrance Is clear 
of rocks, and a fine white fand^ this was called Gordon's Bay. 
About a mile and a half from this we . came .to a third, which, 
in Captain Gordon's map, is called Paterfon's Bay ; this is 
much larger than the fecond, but fmaller than the firft. The 
latter is dire6:ly under the Hang Lip ; and between it and 
