CHAPTER XVI. 
EXCURSION FROM KLAARWATER TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE NU-GARIEP, 
AND THENCE TO THE KY-GARIEP. 
October 2^th. After some bustle and delay in collecting all the 
party together, we took leave, and commenced our journey at a little 
after mid-day, directing our course eastward. The number of wag- 
gons amounted to ten ; of which, besides my own two and 
Mr. Jansz's, two belonged to Adam Kok, carrying his wife and 
family ; one to Willem Berends ; and the other four to different 
Hottentots, among whom was my late herdsman, Maagers. Women 
and children of all ages, constituted a third of our numbers ; and 
horses, sheep, goats, and dogs, mingling together, made up the 
medley of moving objects. 
Some of the hunters brought their wives and children, that they 
might enjoy a plenteous feast of Hippopotamus-fat : besides whom, 
there were many others, who, with the same view, volunteered their 
services as drivers, leaders, or herdsmen. The dogs, who had been 
slyly watching all our movements, were also volunteers, and must, 
in some sagacious manner, have caught a notion of the carnivorous 
nature of the expedition ; otherwise, so wretchedly thin and ema- 
