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depth ; but the entrance was guarded by a bar of fand, upon 
which the furf broke with great violence. On each fide of the 
mouth reefs of rocks ran out to a confiderable diftance ; and 
the wild and rocky coaft was without finuofities as far as the 
eye could reach. The mouth of the Keifkamma was found by 
obfervation to be in 33'^ 12' fouth latitude, and 28° (> eaft 
longitude. 
The only kind of game that was met with near the fea-coaft 
was the harte-beeft, the riet-bok, and the ree-bok. Innume- 
rable traces of hippopotami were vifible along the bank of the 
river j but none of thefe animals made their appearance. 
The weather being remarkably fine, butterflies and moths 
were flying about in the greateft abundance. Of the latter, I 
noticed near fifty diftindt fpecies that, in one evening, came 
upon the table in the tent, attracted by the light of the candle. 
Entomologifts, employed in making a colledion of the phalange, 
could not adopt a better plan than that of placing a tent with a 
light in it near the fide of a wood. Some of t\\Q papiliones were 
very brilliant ; and there were, no doubt, among them many 
fpecies that could not be matched even in Mr. Drury's exten- 
five and valuable cabinet of foreign infed.s. I regretted the 
want of time and convenience to make a colledion of the 
infects of the country. 
Having recrofl'ed the Great-Fifli river, on our return we di- 
reded our courfe acrofs a plain towards GraalF Reynet. On 
this plain was found, fome years ago, upon the furface of 
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