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to the female, only not producing fruit, but bearing a 
JlrobuluSy and containing the pollen , or male-duft, in fmall 
cells underneath its /quanta . In the woods here we 
found the euphorbia antiquorum forty feet high. The 
inhabitants obferve, that the honey found near thefe 
trees is unwholelome. Being Bill determined to 
continue our journey about 150 miles further, directing 
our courfe towards the middle of the country, and to re- 
turn to the Cape another way; I furnifhed myfelf with 
a fet of frefh oxen and a fortnight’s provifion; and Mr. 
rock gave us one of his fons for a guide and to ferve us 
as interpreter, he being a perfect mailer of the Hottentot 
language. 
9 th, We took leave of our hofpitable friend, and de- 
parting towards the evening, we flopped that night at the 
houfe of JACOB VAN RENN EN,awealthy grazier : this was 
the laft Dutch place in this part of the country. From 
hence we travelled through a rugged hilly country, co- 
vered with thick coppices of evergreen trees ; but the 
way was fo rough that our waggons were almolllhaken to 
pieces. Towards noon we croffed Camtour’s River, where 
we relied during the heat of the day, and amufed our- 
felves in the woods along its banks, which were extremely 
pleafant: the river is broad and deep in many places. 
The woods are frequented by elephants, buffaloes, 
and lions; and the deepefl parts of the river by the hippopo- 
tami. We found many new plants here, notwithflanding 
our flay was fo fhort. In the afternoon we advanced 
through 
