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lopardalis. The reprefentatlon of this animal proved the afler- 
tion of the Bosjefman to be true, that the people who made 
thefe drawings were from hordes dwelling on the northern fide 
of the Orange river ; becaufe, on the fouthern fide, the came- 
lopardalis has never been met with. It is an animal entirely 
unknown to the inhabitants of Graaff Reynet. 
The divifion of the Tarka is named after a river that, rifing 
in the Bambos-berg, flows diredly through it, and afterwards 
forms a confluence with the Fifli river. It is a well-covered 
country ; and, when inhabited, was confidered as one of the 
befl: divifions of Graaflf Reynet for fheep and cattle. At fome 
of the deferted farms we found vineyards loaded with grapes, 
peach-trees, almonds, apple and pear trees full of fruit, and 
vegetables of various kinds, thriving well without the afl[ifl:ance 
of water, or any kind of attention. Game feemed to be fcarce, 
except fpringboks and elands. The only interefting objedt was 
a flight of the gryllivori, feemingly in fearch of locufl:s, that, 
like a cloud, continued to pafs over-head for the fpace of fifteen 
minutes. 
Quitting the Tarka on the twelfth, we encamped at night 
on the Fifli river, fo called from the great quantity of fifh it 
was faid to contain of a fpecies of cyprinus or carp. The fame 
river, after flowing fome diftance to the fouthward, and receiv- 
ing a number of tributary ftreams, takes the name of the Great 
Fifh river, and from thence becomes, as before mentioned, a 
boundary of the colony. 
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