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TRAVELS IN AFRICA* 
We next direded onr courfe through a fandy plain, where 
I found a variety of plants; but as moft of them were of the 
fucculent tribe, I could preferve no perfeQ: fpecimens. In the 
evening we faw the dung of Elephants, and at night came to 
a hollow rock, where we had abundance of water ; on the 
north and fouth hde were lofty mountains of a conical figure, 
and covered with the Aloe Dichotoma. 
In the afternoon, of the following day, we proceeded on 
our journey through a fandy country. In the night we palfed 
feveral dangerous places,, and faw the print of Lions, which 
occafioned us to ftay all night at a pit of brackifii water. This 
was not a country which flattered us with the expectation of 
pleafure ; we therefore continued our journey northward, as 
foon as day, along a bed of heavy fand, between two precipi¬ 
ces. This fand is driven down by the violent torrents of water 
which fall here during the funrmer feafon; but at this time the 
ground was almoft dry, and the little water we found was 
rather fait; at many places indeed where the water had dried 
up, were quantities of excellent fait. At night we arrived at 
the Coufie, or Sand River ; we were now about ten miles from 
the Atlantic Ocean, where the Sand River empties itfelf. The 
banks afforded us excellent pafture for our cattle, and as they 
were greatly fatigued, we agreed to reft a few days, and to 
range the adjacent fields in fearch of plants. 
During our refidence in this place, one of my Hottentots 
who had been upon the hill, told us that he faw two waggons 
about three miles to the weft ward, which we fuppofed to 
