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as there was none to be seen anywhere. They told 
us that there was none at all where we were, but 
they would take us to some further along the coast, 
where we could also procure water, without diffi- 
culty, as the sand was firm and hard, and the water 
at no great depth. Guided by our new friends, we 
crossed the sand-hills to the beach, and following 
round the head of the Great Bight for five miles, 
we arrived at some more high drifts of white sand ; 
turning in among these, they took us to a flat 
where some small holes were dug in the sand, which 
was hard and firm ; none of them were two feet deep, 
and the water was excellent and abundant : the 
name of the place was Yeer-kumban-kauwe. 
Whilst I was employed in digging a large square 
hole, to enable us to dip the bucket when watering 
the horses, the native boy went, accompanied by one 
of the natives as a guide, to look for grass. Upon his 
return, he said he had been taken to a small plain 
about a mile away, behind the sand hills, where 
there was plenty of grass, though of a dry character ; 
to this we sent the horses for the night. In return- 
ing, a few sea fowl were shot as a present for our 
friends, with whom we encamped, gratified that we 
had at last surmounted the difficulty of rounding 
the Great Bight, and that once more we had a point 
where grass and water could be procured, and from 
which we might again make another push still 
further to the westward. 
In the evening, we made many inquiries of the 
