TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
peity of a rich farmer of the name of Extun. It is unnccef- 
fary to enlarge upon the hofpitaUty of thefe people, fnice that 
Gircumllance has been remarked by all who have travelled 
through the country. The following day we were detained 
hy the inclemency of the weather. 
•On the eighth, we continued our journey along the bottom 
c>f Bay Falfe, from the point of Moefen Berg, to very near 
Hottentot Holland, which is a continuation of what is called 
the Sand Down, a large traft of country lying between the 
Table Bay and Bay Falfe. Moll of it is uninhabitable, on account 
of a white fand blown up by the fouth-eaft winds in very large 
ridges. Yet there are many flmibs dlfperfed in different parts. 
It is the principal place whence they procure their fire-wood 
at the Cape. It alfo produces the Myrica Cerifera ; the berries 
of which make excellent candles, nearly equal to thofe of bees 
wax. Near the middle of the bay is a fmall hut^ where we 
found fome fifhermen. It being in the heat of the day, and we 
much fatigued by travelling through the heavy fand, vv^e refled 
there about an hour. At hrll w*e expefted to regale ourfelves 
with oyfters ; but the furf was fo flrong that we were unable 
to approach the banks. From this place we proceeded on our 
journey, and about funfet arrived at the Ertt Rivier, or Firft 
River, which has its fource from the Stillen Bofch Mountains, 
and empties itfelf, at this place, into Bay Falfe. From the late 
rains w^e found it almoft impaffable ; but we crolTed it with 
much more fafety than we had expected. As foon as it be- 
came dark, we were accofled with the howling of the Hyenas, 
which accompanied us all the way to Hottentot Holland, where 
