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SECOND JOURNEY. 
l^yger Berg—Stillen Bofch—The Erji Rivier—Pafs Hottentot Holland's Kloof 
—Come to the river Zondereynd: the impradlicability of crojjing it — Re¬ 
main here for feveral days—Vifit Catharhia Bay—Proceed towards the 
Groena Kloof-—The mountains covered with fnow—In cofifequence of the 
weather we return to the eajlward^ and crofs the Plata Kloof into the 
Channa Land—Arrive at a hot bath—Country abounding with beafis of 
prey — Mr. Van Renan and the author lofe the waggon—Travel through 
the Karo \ advanchig towards the Coud Bokke Veld—JVhitfon Berg — U?i- 
lucky River—Arrive at a brackifj fountain—Vifit two of the boors that live 
in the Karo during the feafon in which the mountains are covered with 
fnow—Obfervations on a difeafe among the feep in this country—Account 
of a woman who had been bitten by a fnake—Arrive at Rhinoceros Bofch 
with difficulty—Get up the Rogge Vdd Berg : foil and climate—Some ob¬ 
fervations refpebling the highlands in this country—Herds of pachas — 
Borders of the country inhabited by the Bofmen—Vifit the Hentum — Dif- 
order among the horfes peculiar to this country—The Amyrilas Dificha, 
poifonous and fatal to horned cattle—Obfervations on the fudden change of 
the climate at the Hentum Berg—Proceed towards the Bokke Land Bergen: 
the foil and productions—Proceed towards the Great River—Arrive ai the 
Great Thorn River : much frequented by Lions—Pafs a place called the 
Lion's Den—The water very bad in this country—Come to Black Thorn 
River—The Small Nimiqua Land—Arrive at the Green River, where we 
7neet with fome Nimiqua Hottentots : fome account of their manners and 
cufoms—Afcend a feep mountain : obferve the Atlantic ocean to the wejl- 
ward about thirty miles—Arrive at the Coufie, or Sand River—An account 
of the Aloe Dichotoma—Pafs the Copper Berg—Meet fome of the Bof- 
m-en : their way of living — Enter a fandy defart plain ; where we have 
great difficulty in crojjing—Much difrefedfor want of provifions—Some ac¬ 
count of the Great River—The mountains and produClions of that country —■ 
The poifons ufed by the Hottentots—Difagreeable fituation of Mr, Van Renan 
