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had ever feen ; and feveral bulbous plants, fuch as Trifes and ^779- 
. . Febiu^ry. 
Crinums, many of which I found in flower. I particularly ' — «~' 
noticed one fpecies of this plant, the flowers of which were 
crimfon, and in beauty and elegance far exceeded any I had 
ever met with. In the evening we encamped under a large 
Mimofa, and made fires during the night. 
After pairing this extenfive plain, we entered a wood about 
eight miles broad. In many places the trees were thinly 
fcattered ; in thefe openings we difcovered numerous herds of 
Buffaloes, which had not the leaft appearance of Ihynefs ; one 
of them we wounded. Soon after this we faw a herd of Ele- 
phants, about eighty in number, which approached fo near to- 
us, that we could obferve the length and thicknefs of their 
teeth. After leaving the wood, we afcended a fteep moun- 
tain, where we had a view of the Indian Ocean to the fouth- 
ward ; and to the northward, a hilly country covered with 
trees and evergreen fl:irub;>, which extended about thirty miles. 
The profped was bounded by a range of mountains, called the 
Bamboo Berg, on which grows a fpecies of Bamboo. To the 
eaft we had a view of a pleafant country decorated with great 
variety of plants. The country is here well watered, and pro- 
duces excellent pafture for cattle. Towards the evening, of 
the feventh, we obferved a fire about ten miles to the eaflward 
of us, upon the flope of a green hill. Our interpreter told" 
us this was at a Caffre village. At funfet we difcovered ano~ 
ther much nearer, and faw feveral herds of cattle. About 
eight in the evening we met three of the Caffres, who were 
much furprifed at our appearance,, as we were, certainly the 
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