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hundred miles to the fouth-eafl ; but findinp; both my oxen ^T/^- 
' ° . Oaober. 
and waggon in very indifferent order, for fo long a journey, I — 
altered my plan, and conceived the defign of making an ex- 
curfion to the Hentum, and part of the Bofhmen's Land. 
This day we had feveral loud claps of thunder, and heavy 
rain. The variable ftate of the weather detained me here fe- 
veral days, during which I colle<Sted a variety of plants. 
When we left the Bokke Land, we direded our courfe eaft- 
ward, and arrived, on the twenty-third, at the houfe of Chrlf- 
tlan Bockchere, where I paffed the night. 
The following day we had ftormy weather, and heavy 
Ihowers of rain and fleet ; and towards the evening, hail and 
fnow. At eight in the evening, the thermometer was at 
forty-three degrees. The next morning a fevere froft killed 
mort of the corn, which at this time was about a foot in 
height ; a circumftance which frequently occurs in this part 
of the country. 
I made an excuriion, on the twenty-feventh, to the north- 
ward, which is called the Boflimen's Land, from its being 
inhabited by the Bulli Hottentots, who are a very different 
people from the other peaceable and well difpofed inhabitants 
of this region. They are in fi£t, fierce, cruel, and diflionefl:. 
In this tour I vifited a houfe belonging to a Dutchman, 
who had lived here for many years. A few weeks before 
our arrival he had been attacked by the Boflimen, who had 
