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surrounding country to a considerabie distance, 
and where he dwelt in perfect security from 
his enemies : this place is called Moosa Care. 
The huts in which Mr. Dochard and his men 
were accommodated, being badly thatched, let in 
the rain, which fell in torrents during the night, 
and put out their fires, the smoke of which, 
although exceedingly unpleasant in itself, had 
the good effect of keeping off the sand-flies and 
musquitoes, which at that time of the year are in 
swarms in all low situations, and render it im- 
possible for any person not defended by smoke 
or close curtains to sleep. Indeed the former, 
although the most unpleasant, is by no means 
the least effectual remedy, particularly against 
the sand-flies, which are so small that it is next 
to an impossibility to keep them out with the 
closest curtains. 
On the morning of the 31st of August, he 
moved forward at seven o'clock, and travelled 
without halting over ground similar to that of 
the two last days, until three in the afternoon, 
when they reached a river called the Gooloo- 
kucko, which it was impossible to pass without 
the assistance of canoes, and that could not be 
procured nearer than a village six miles from the 
opposite bank j but all were so much fatigued 
that none would venture to swim the river that 
night in search of one : they were therefore 
