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EXPEDITION FROM DAMARA LAND [June 14, 1858. 
have built at Bristol, in two parts, for the Australian rivers, I 
might defy a fleet of pirates, with which those seas are now more 
than ever infested ; hut in my poor, defenceless, crazy old prahu, 
I confess I look forward to the day of my return to Labuan with 
some little degree of anxiety. 
I enclose a map of the country I traversed, for the information 
of the Society. 
I remain, &c., 
C. A. 0. De Crespigny, r.n., f.r.g.s. 
The President. — I am glad to see you applaud this communication, 
because when our young friend, Lieut. De Crespigny, started upon his most 
perilous adventure he certainly undertook an enterprise which seemed almost 
Quixotic, for he received scarcely any assistance, and had merely permission 
to travel from the Admiralty. He had, however, the goodwill of the Society 
and our “ Hints to Travellers.” Now, without knowing anything of the 
interior of this vast country, of which, indeed, geographers were entirely 
ignorant, this Lieutenant of her Majesty’s navy undertook to explore this 
remote region, and I think you will agree with me that he has exhibited the 
spirit of a true geographer, and that we ought to thank him heartily for his 
communication. 
3. Account of an Expedition f rom Damara Land to the Ovampo , in search 
of the River Cunene. By Messrs. Green, Hahn, and Rath. 
A letter from the Rev. C. Hugo Hahn, dated Barmen, October 7, 
1857, has appeared in the ‘ Cape Town Commercial Advertiser,’ de- 
scribing the disastrous issue of a journey taken by himself and his 
colleague the Rev. Mr. Rath, together with Mr. F. Green, from 
Damara Land to the Ovampo, in search of the River Cunene. A 
published letter from the latter gentleman has also been received. 
The missionaries pursued the track of Mr. Galton and Mr. 
Andersson as far as the Omoramba K’Omanbonde, where they left it 
and followed the river bed. After a few days they unexpectedly 
met with Mr. F. Green, who also wished to travel to the Cunene, 
and who informed them that the Omoramba ended abruptly, about 
40 miles farther on, in a sandy soil. Consequently the two parties 
joined together and proceeded northwards. They ultimately fell 
in with another river-bed running n.w. (I believe the bearings to 
be magnetic) and they followed it. This brought them unexpectedly 
to a small lake situated about 32 miles e.s.e. of the Etosha salt pan. 
It was well stocked with flamingoes, pelicans, and other water-fowl, 
and its circumference was judged by Mr. Green to be 20 miles. It is 
called Onondova, is occupied by Bushmen tributary to the Ovampo, 
and is the frontier of the pasture-grounds of Ovampo land. Mes- 
