FOURTH JOURNEY. 
We continued here a whole day in order to reft our cattle, 
and in the meanwhile Colonel Gordon and myfelf made an 
excuriion to the fea, which was diftant about nine miles. We 
faw many large Mimofa trees which had been thrown up by 
the ocean, and fome at the dift.^ wce of a mile from the water 
were almoft buried in the fand ; from thefe appearances we. 
concluded we were not far from the Great River. 
We directed our courfe northward, on the fifteenth, and 
with much difficulty and fatigue we penetrated about ten 
miles, through a fandy country. In our road along the ihore 
we obferved the traces of human feet, which appeared fo recent 
that we concluded fome perfon had paffed that way on that 
day or the day preceding. We were in hopes that thefe might 
have been fome of the Hottentots who accompanied Mr. Pinar^ 
Colonel Gordon's companion. In the night we made fires as 
a fignal, but the iignal was not anfwered ; we concluded there- 
fore that they muft have been the wild natives ; and from 
finding the fl^in of a Seal, which was quite frefli, our conjec- 
ture was confirmed. We now loft all hopes of ever feeing 
Mr. Pinar again, as he had been feparated from us four days 
in thefe dreary defarts, without our having been able to difco* 
ver whither he could have directed his fteps. 
During the following day our route lay to the northward, 
and at noon we pafted two hills, which we had obferved during 
our journey the two preceding days. As they were fituate at 
a very fmall diftance from each other, and were very fimilar in 
their figure and fize, we gave them the name of the Two 
