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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
P^einber moniing, wlicn we arrived at the Small Copper Berg 
^ Fountain, where we flopped. 
As foon as it was day, we proceeded on our journey ; and 
at nine o’clock I left the waggon, and direded my courfe 
through the mountainous part of the country in fearch of 
plants. I alfo viflted the Copper Mines ; and brought with 
me feveral fpecimens of the ore, which is very rich. In the 
evening I arrived at the houfe of Vander Hever ; and about 
two hours afterwards my waggon arrived. Here we refled 
feveral days, and were kindly entertained. During our abode 
at this place, I made feveral excurflons into the adjacent coun« 
try, and conflderably enriched my colle£Iion. As- the dry 
feafon was now commencing, the greater part of the inhabi¬ 
tants were removed to their fummer refidence on the Camis. 
-Berg. This mountain, as I mentioned before,, fupplies all this 
part of the country with water, which interfe£ts. the ground 
in different places. On the north fide flows the Coufle, and 
on the fouth and fouth^wefl, the Green River. Several other 
rivers, likewife, derive their fource from the Camis Berg ; but 
they are of very little utility to the Nimiqua Land. 
Being furniihed with a team of frefh oxen, we travelled to¬ 
wards the fouthward the whole of the fourth of October, and 
at night arrived at the Sand River, the water of which we 
found braekifli. Here we remained till morning, and then 
purfued our journey for about fourteen miles, to a place where 
we found excellent water ; but no great variety of plants, ex¬ 
cept Geraniums, 
