that on which the Colebrooke ftruck fome time after. As there 
is mo road along the bay, we took each a fmall portion of pro- 
vilions and our cloaks ; fatished that it would be impoffible to 
perform the journey in one day. Notwithftanding the rugged 
rocks and mountains we were obliged to crofs, we took horfe as 
fu* as it was poffible ; and much farther than it was fafe ; for 
the horfe I had, fell with me upon the hde of a very high pre¬ 
cipice ; and it was by mere accident that I faved myfelf, by 
laying hold of a ilirub which grew out of a rock. About noon 
we came to the mouth of Stienbraflam River, which takes its 
name from a fpecies of filli, call Stienbralfam. In the morning 
we came to a deep bay, not laid down in any of our fea-charts. 
It opens to the north-weft, and is well flieltered from the fouth- 
eaft winds 'by very lofty mountains- At this time Captain 
Gordon called it Van Pletenbey’s Bay; but ftnce that he has 
given it another name ; and fome time after, he difcovered a 
bay to the eaftward, which is laid down in all the new charts, 
and is faid to be very fafe for ftiipping. Finding a fmall ftream 
of excellent water at this place, we agreed to ftay all night; 
and next morning we continued our journey round tlie Hang 
Lip, or Cape Falfe. From Hottentot Holland, to this place, 
the country is quite uninhabited ; the whole tract confifting of 
precipices and rugged mountains. We pafted a fecond bay, 
which was fmaller than the ftrft; though the entrance is clear 
cf rocks, and a fine white fand ; this was called Gordon’s Bay. 
About a mile and a half from this we came to a third, which, 
in Captain Gordon’s map, is called Patexfon’s Bay ; this is 
much larger than the fecond, but fmaller than the firft. The 
.latter is directly under the Hang Lip; and between it and 
