. Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa . rled our sails on the 7th of August, andbade farewell to Cape-Town, where, during our short stay,we had experienced much kindness and hospitality. CHAPTER II. Ariival at Walfisch Bay.—Scenery.—Harbor described.—Want ofWater.—Capabilities for Trade.—Fish.—^Wild-fowl.—Mirage.—Sand Fountain. — The Bush-tick. — The Naras. — Quadrupedsscarce. — Meeting the Hottentots.— Their filthy Habits.— TheAlarum.—The Turn-out.—^Death of a Lion.—Arrival at Schepp-mansdorf.—The Place described.—Mr.
. Lake Ngami; or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa . rled our sails on the 7th of August, andbade farewell to Cape-Town, where, during our short stay,we had experienced much kindness and hospitality. CHAPTER II. Ariival at Walfisch Bay.—Scenery.—Harbor described.—Want ofWater.—Capabilities for Trade.—Fish.—^Wild-fowl.—Mirage.—Sand Fountain. — The Bush-tick. — The Naras. — Quadrupedsscarce. — Meeting the Hottentots.— Their filthy Habits.— TheAlarum.—The Turn-out.—^Death of a Lion.—Arrival at Schepp-mansdorf.—The Place described.—Mr. Bam.—Missionary Life.—Ingratitude of Natives.—Missionary Wagons. In the afternoon of the 20th of August we found ourselvessafely anchored at the entrance of Walfisch Bay. From theprevalence of southerly winds, this voyage seldom occupiesmore than a week, but on the present occasion we weredouble that time performing it. The first appearance of the coast, as seen from WalfischBay, is little calculated to inspire confidence in the traveler 30 SCENERY HARBOR VIEW OF WALFISCH BAY. about to penetrate into the interior. A desert of sand,bounded only by the horizon, meets the eye in every quarter,assuming, in one direction, the shape of dreary flats ; in an-other, of shifting hillocks; while in some parts it rises al-jnost to the height of mountains. Walfisch Bay has been long known to Europeans, and wasonce hastily surveyed by Commodore Owen, of the EoyalNavy. It is a very spacious, commodious, and comparativelysafe harbor, being on three sides protected by a sandy only winds to which it is exposed are N. and ;but these, fortunately, are not of frequent occurrence. Itssituation is about N. and S. The anchorage is good. Largeships take shelter under the lee of a sandy peninsula, theextremity of which is known to navigators by the name ofPelican Point. Smaller craft, however, ride safely with-in less than half a mil
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