TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
-J,77f- killed four of his Hottentots, and wounded another. Thefe 
October. ^ ' 
V — ' marauders carried away alfo feveral of his cattle, which he 
was never able to recover. 
The twenty-ninth, upon leaving the Hentum, we returned 
to the Bokke Lands Bergen, intending to return to the Cape, 
alons: the fliore of the Atlantic Ocean. 
The thirty-firft, when arrived at the Bokke Land, we were 
■ compelled to remain there feveral days, from the ftate of the 
weather, which was very rainy and variable. I there found 
many curious plants, among which was one called Elephant's 
Foof'''. I could find none of them in flower, but on my 
palTage to Europe, on board the Held Woltemade, Dutch Eaft 
Indiaman, was fortunate enough to have one of them, which 
flowered in the month of April. Upon examination, I found 
it to be a plant of the clafs Dioecia Hexandria. It has a large 
folid bulb, which fprouts to the height of five or fix feet, and 
afterwards flioots out into fmall climbing branches with roundifli 
heart-fiiaped leaves. The natives eat the root, which they 
efieem very falubrious. 
We took leave of this place on the fixth of November, ac- 
companied by two fons of Mrs. Ryck, and an overfeer of 
Mr. Van Renan's farms, in this part of the country, who was 
going on a fiiooting party. I alfo partook of the diverfion, and 
left the waggon to proceed to a place called the Lion's Dance, 
* Smilax. 
