KOLBEN. 
sents here a remarkable feature, called Endless 
River. It is represented as rising near the Bay 
of St Sebastian, and directing its course south- 
east, without any known termination. It is some- 
what difficult to say v/hat river it is, of which the 
course has been so egregiously mistaken. The 
Great Karroo, and, much more, the regions of 
Sneuwberg and KafFreland, appear to have been 
entirely unknown. 
The Hottentots are described by Kolben as 
living in kraals, which seldom contained less than 
twenty huts and a hundred inhabitants. In ge- 
neral, they contained from three to four hundred 
inhabitants, and sometimes five hundred. The 
huts are ranged in a circle, in a commodious situ- 
ation, generally along the bank of a river. Their 
form is oval, the largest diameter being generally 
fourteen feet, and the smallest ten ; and they are 
too low to render it possible to stand upright in 
them. The walls are formed of twigs, and the 
roof of mats woven from oziers and junk, so 
close that neither rain nor wind can penetrate. 
The whole wealth of the Hottentot consists in 
his cattle, and to defend these against wdld beasts 
is the continual object of his care. With this 
view, the young animals are enclosed at night 
within the circle of the huts, the older ones being 
tied to the outside, while the lambs are lodged in 
a large house or shed. During the day, three 
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