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romantic. This pafs, which took 11s near three hours 
march, is at the broadeft about a quarter of a mile, but in 
general not above an eighth part of one. The mountains 
on each fide riling almoft perpendicular to a ftupendous 
height, had their fummits then covered with fnow,part of 
which remains till March. This river, which is the be- 
ginning of the Broad River, we had four times to crofs* 
The ford was exceedingly rough, the bed of the river being 
filled with huge Rones, w r hich tumble down from the 
fides of the mountain ; but we thought our labour and 
difficulties largely repaid by the number of rare plants 
we found here. The bank of the river is covered with 
great variety of evergreen trees; viz. brabejum Jiellati - 
folium kiggelaria Africana , myrtus angujlifolia , and the 
precipices are ornamented with erica and many other 
mountain plants never defcribed before. At night we 
arrived at Rood Land, where we found our fervants and 
waggons, and being a little fatigued we devoted the 
next day to reft and the examination of our plants. It is 
to be obferved, that during the preceding five days we 
had rather fhortened our diftance from the Cape, by 
realon of the impoffibility of taking the waggons over 
the mountains w r ith us ; fo that we were now one day’s 
journey nearer the Cape than we had been on Bocke Veld. 
26th, We travelled up a high mountain, called Win- 
ter Hoek, on the N.W. of Rood Land, one of the higheft 
mountains in this part of Africa, whofe top is covered 
with fnow the greateft part of the year. Here we ex- 
pected to find plants that might endure the feverity of 
our 
