THIRD JOURNEY. 
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which we at firft took for one of my oxen. Before we could _U79* 
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afcertaln whether this was the cafe or not, it fpruiig into the 
wood. The Lorie River derives its name from a fpecies of 
that bird, which is found in the woods on its banks, and joins 
the Camtours about a mile to the fouthward. The deep pla¬ 
ces are inhabited by the Hippopotamus Amphibius ; but thefe 
animals have been fo much hunted, that they feldom make 
their appearance out of the water. 
We directed our courfe from this place, fouth by eaft, 
through an uneven country, and in the evening came to 
Van Stada’s Rivier, where we obferved a beautiful wood upon 
the declivity of a hill, extending to the very banks of the 
river. Here I found fome plants of the Aletris Fragrens, up¬ 
wards of twenty feet in height, and many in flower, as well 
as other beautiful plants. There were alfo a great variety of 
birds of the mofl beautiful plumage I had ever feen in the 
country. 
On the twenty-flxth I vifited the fea-fliore, which was five 
or flx miles to the fouthward. About a thoufand yards from, 
the fea, the mouth of the river forms a lake, being dammed 
up by a bank of fand, which extends along the Ihore. In 
the afternoon we continued our journey through an extenflve 
plain, where I found variety of bulbous plants, and numerous 
herds of the different animals peculiar to this country, fuch as 
the Eland, Quacha, Zebra, and a fpecies of Antelope, called 
by the Dutch, Hartebeefl, which is the Capra Dorcas of Lin* 
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