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TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
September ^^^^^^^ cxcurfions aloiig tlic mountahiSj where I added confi- 
u^,^^ derably to my collection. 
We prevailed upon our friend, Hermannias Engelbriglit, to 
accompany us in our intended expedition ; and he took with 
him three good horfes. We then directed our courfe north, 
over a rugged path, involved in many turnings between the 
branches of the Camis Berg ; and in the evening of the twenty- 
fecond, came to a Hottentot village, which confifled of eleven 
huts, where we ftayed all night. 
The next day we continued our journey to the houfe of one 
Vander Hever, where we remained till the following evening, 
and then proceeded on our journey till midnight, when we 
reached the Copper Mountain. The water at this place was 
brack ifh. 
In the afternoon of the twenty-fifth, we proceeded to the 
Small Copper Bergs Fountain, where we had tolerably good 
water. Here I made an excurfion along the hills, which have 
all a rugged appearance, and moft of them contain copper 
ore. 
We continued our journey to the Small Brack Fountain, 
where we faw the frefh print of Lions, and proceeded to the 
Great Brack Fountain. Here we met feveral Hottentots who 
had been at the Great Nimiqua Land, exchanging cattle for 
beads and tobacco. They told us that the river was pafiable, 
but feemed rather to fwell when they left it, which was the 
