TRAVELS IN AFRICA^ 
/;/ croffing the river—Tlottentots eat locujls—Accowit of the quadrupeds that 
.chiefly inhabit this part of the country~Mr. Van Renan kills a Camelopar¬ 
dalis ; the greatefl pa?^t of which is carried ofl^ by the Lio?is—-Some account 
of the fudden overflowing of the river., and the great heat of the climate— 
Shoot an Hippopotamus : forne account of the manner in which the natives 
catch thefe animals—Zebras Fountain—Dijiculties in crojjing a fandy plain 
Send for afliflance—Arrival at the Brack Fountain—Small Copper Berg 
Fountain—Viflt the copper mines—Camis Bergy the fummer refldence of 
moji of the boors in the Nimiqua Land—Froceed to Cafpers Kloaf and 
thence towards the Bokke Veld—Intention of crojjing the country from the 
Bokke Veld to Caflraria—Reajonsfor not being able to perform that journey —^ 
Viflt part of the Bojhmens Land—Arrive at the Elephants River—Continue 
our journey to the Heer Lodfeiment—Picquet Berg—Arrive at the Berg 
River ; thence proceed to the Cape Town—Arrive 20th November 
A fter remaining four montlis at the Cape, I fet out, 
in May, upon a fecond journey into the country. In 
this excurfion I was accompanied by a young gentleman, who, 
though an inhabitant of the Cape Town, was poffeffed of 
feveral farms in the interior parts of the country. 
In the morning of the twenty-fecond of May, we left Ronda 
Bofchie, a houfe belonging to my companion’s father, from 
whom I had always experienced the utmoft frienddiip during my 
refldence in this country. We proceeded through a large fandy 
plain to the Tyger Berg, where we dined. The country had 
at this time a very bufy appearance, as the farmers were all 
engaged in plowing, and fowing their grain. In the after¬ 
noon we continued our journey to the fouth-eaft ; and that 
night refted at the houfe of a Mr. Cluta, near Stillen Bofch. 
On the twenty-third, we proceeded to the Eril Rivier, and 
