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over all the uncivilized countries of the globe. But, alas ! human nature 
does not admit of so much perfection ; and this scheme, so fascinat- 
ing to the enthusiast, may, so far as its professed object is concerned, 
prove at last to have been only an Utopian vision. Yet our benevo- 
lence towards our fellow-men, while it is within reasonable limits, has 
no irremoveable cause for despairing of being able, by judicious 
means, to convey the blessings of civilized life to nations now lost in 
the darkness of ignorance ; nor ought the failure of those who reject 
the aid of reason and common sense, to operate in deterring us from 
the attempt. 
I9th. Want of water compelling us to quit this place, we 
removed early in the day to the Juk rivier (Yoke river), at the 
distance of about five miles further. Here our hopes were again 
disappointed : not a single drop of water could any where be found, 
even by digging ; yet, as the oxen were miserably weak and weary, 
it was necessary to halt a few hours. 
In the interim, I took a botanical ramble, and added forty-eight 
plants to my collection *, many of which I never met with either 
* Aiithei iciun squamewn 
Phlomisparvifolia, B. Cat. Geog. 1232. 
Fruticosa. Rami tomentosi. Folia 
nudiuscula ovata lanceolataque, sub- 
integra. Flores flavi. Calyx valde 
tomentosus, dentibus subulatis. 
Cypliia hastata. B. Catal. Geog. 1234. 
Volubilis. Folia hastata, laciniis 
linearibus, 
Codon Royeni 
Hyobanche sangui7iea ? 
Geranium spinostim. Linn. 
And species of the genera 
Phlomis 
Calendula, 2 species 
Othonna 
Hermannia, 2 species 
Leysera 
Indigofera 
Erinus, 7 species 
Senecio 
Pelargonium munitum. B. Cat. Geog. 
1240. Glabruni. Folia bi-pinnati- 
fida. Panicula dichotoma spinoso- 
lignescens. 
Atriplex micropliylla ? 
Aptosimum indivisum. B. 
Colute'.t frutescens. Linn. 
Marrubium Africanum 
Barago Africana 
Lycium Afrum 
Heliophila chamamcElifolia. B. Cat. 
Geog. 1226. 
Nemesia 
Cotula 
Aizoon 
Silene 
Hemimei'is, 2 species 
Zygophyllum 
Aiistida 
Selago 
Plantago 
Pappophomm 
Eriocephalus 
Ononis 
Gazania 
Buchnera 
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