1811. STATION ON THE BANKS OF THE KY-GARIEP. 339 
A species of Acacia^ [A. hetet^acantha,) met with here for the first 
time, was distinguished, by its size and growth, from all which had 
been hitherto seen. It was above twenty feet in height ; and a tall 
Irunk of eighteen inches in diameter, supported a flat wide-spread- 
ing umbrella-like head ; forming altogether a picturesque and con- 
spicuous feature in the landscape. 
Klaarwater, and the country we had travelled over both this and 
the preceding day, lies on a much higher level than that through 
which the river flows ; and is distinctly separated from it by a rocky 
step or cliff", which extends many miles in a north-eastward direction. 
After descending this step, as it may be called, we travelled a mile 
or two over a more level and easy road, and just before dark, reached 
the banks of the Gariep, or Gr^eat River. Here all the Avaggons 
were drawn up, under a grove of Acacias, a little above the con- 
fluence of the Nu-gariep, or Black River. The latitude of this 
spot is 29° 4' 22". S. * 
26th. As I wislied to stop at this place a day or two, my first care 
tliis morning was to select some pleasant place for my waggon, 
where I might be retired, and as much as possible, free from interrup- 
tion. At a distance of two hundred yards, I found a delightful cool 
Acacia heteracantha. Cat. Geog. 1710. 5 insuper tubum. Stigma trifickim. 
Arbor 20-pedalis. Coma densa de- Semina tria. 
presso-patens. Ramuli pubescentes. RMgozum obovatum, C. G. 1713. Fru- 
Spinse geminjE brevissimaj reciirvas tex 6-pec!alis. Ramuli alterni hori- 
fuscae, cum aliis pluries longioribus zontales. Folia obovata. 
rectis albis. Folia bipinnata pubes- Cissavipelos angustifoliiis- C. G. 1717. 
centia, 4-6-juga; pinuis 1 0-1 t-jugis. Volubilis. Folia lato-linearia, apice 
Foliola approximata obloiiga. Le- rotundato, saepe emarginato. 
sumen lineare. Anthericttm 
Celosia odorata, C. G. 1712. Folia Messo'sc/imidia ? 
petiloantia linearia obtusa canalicu- Loraiitlius 
lata. Spicse densse terminales. Flores Gre-iSia Jlava 
sessiles rosei, odorem melleum spar Cacalia , 
gentes, (Buddleias globosae). Calyci Rhus 
foliola lineari-lanceolata. Stamina Aptosimum 
Euphorbia. 
* 27th October 1811, at the Confluence of the Ky-gariep, and Nu-gariep, the 
observed meridional altitude of 3 Andromedcc, was 26° 20' 19". 
