SECOND JOURNEY. 
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I found my companions at a fmall fountain, broiling fome white ^^ 7 ^^ 
ants, which we eat; and indeed they are by no means difa- ^ 
greeable. Here I found a new Ixia, with a long fpike of 
crimfon flowers, I think it was one of the moil: beautiful I had 
ever found: being rather apprehenflve of the Boflimen, v/e 
lighted no fires; but in the night we faw feveral to the eafl 
and north-eaft, which we fuppofed were made by the natives.., 
Next day we proceeded on our journey to the north-wefl, 
through a deep fandy country, ikbout noon we obferved a 
habitation a little to the eaftward, and found that it belonged 
to an European, who lived here during the winter feafon : 
this place we called the Pickled Fountain, from the water be¬ 
ing fo brackifh that we could not drink it. In the afternoon 
we continued our journey to another fountain, called Brack 
Fountain. The water here was exceedingly brackilh, though 
much better than the firfl. During the night we had much 
rain ; and next day found good water in the hollow rocks ; 
but I obferved that the water, by ftanding a few hours in the 
rocks, became fimilar in its qualities to that of the fountain. 
From this place we continued our journey through a hilly 
country. Moll of the hills form large pyramids of loofe, red, 
fandy flone. Here I found but few plants in flotver, except 
of the fucculent kind. At noon, on the twenty-fecond, we 
came to the Hartebeefl; Rivier, which was brackifii; here we 
refied about two hours. In the afternoon we proceeded to 
the weftwarcl, when we came to another houfe on the fame 
river, where we flayed all night, A little to the svefiward 
