NARRATIVE OF FOUR JOURNEYS. 
THE FIRST JOURNEY. 
Introdiidlion — Set off iioith Captain Gordon from the Cape^ in OSloher 1777—" 
journey along the fiore of Bay Falfe — Natural produ5iiom in that part — 
Hottentot Holland — Hang Lip — Palmita Rivier — Kjiaflick Kraal Rivier^ 
to the How Hook — Information refpeBi?jg a lion being killed — Warm bath ; 
fome obferuations on the heat of the water — Departure from the hot bath,—- 
Firjl Hottentot Kraal near the Tyger Hock — Breed Rivier — Arrive at 
Zwillendam^ refidence of the Lend Droji — Proceed to Groot Faders Bofch — 
La?id of Egypt ; its produSlion — Crofs the Plata Kloef to the Channa Land 
— Obfervations of the ufe of Channa with Dacka — Climate and foil- 
Slang, jor Snake River — Saffron River — -rElephants River — An accident 
happens to our waggon — Arrive at a hot bath — The manner of fecuring 
our cattle at night from lions, &c. — Beer Valley — The extent of this 
journey — Captain Gordon proceeds towards the Snow Mountain — Return 
towards the Cape — Meet with fome gentlemen who had been making a 
furvey of the country — Chonacqua Hottentots — Circumftance refpeSiing the 
killing of a lionefs — Meet with fome peafants on their way to the Cape-— 
Arrive at Atquas Kloef — Short .account ofHottniqua Land — Arrive at the 
Cape, 
THERE is certainly no part of the world fo little known 
to Europeans as thofe regions of Africa, which lie 
fouth of the equinoaial line. Neither the reftlefs ambition 
of ancient R^ome, nor the equally enterpriling fpirit of com- 
merce, have penetrated beyond a certain limit. Satisfied with 
conqueft and productions of thofe provinces which bor* 
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