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vered with excellent verdure, which are of great fervice 
to the peafants, who fend up their oxen during the fum- 
mer leafon. We law here feveral zebras and two colts, 
but they were very fhv. 
iSth, We came to Verloore Valley, which begins on 
the N.W. fide of the Piquet Berg. It is a narrow extent 
of mariliy ground, inclofed by hills on each fide, with a 
final l river, frequented by a variety of water fowl, 
which afforded good fport. Towards the fea, the river 
kicreafes in breadth, in many places upwards of a mile, 
and is very deep ; there we faw hundreds of pelicans and 
wild geefe, which kept the middle of the river ; but we 
fhot feveral wild ducks and water hens, which fwam 
among the reeds along the fide of it. 
23d, We arrived at the mouth of the Verloore River, 
where it is dilcharged into the fea; but found the coaft 
barren, confiding of fandy hills, fo loofe that our liorfes 
were fometimes up to their bellies, which made our 
journey very fatiguing. 
23d, We left the fiiore on our left hand, and directed 
our courfe Northward towards the mouth of the Olvfant’s 
j 
Rivier. The heat became now great, which the white- 
nefs of the fand dill increafed, and obliged us to travel 
late in the evening and early in the morning, reding 
in the middle of the day. It was alfo not a little fatiguing 
to travel here on horleback, the mole-cads being fo deep 
that the horfes fell up to their fhoulders every fix or fe- 
ven minutes. This animal is by the Dutch called Land- 
moll, but differs fo much from the European mole, that 
it 
