We were, however, rewarded in lat.

18 Degrees with a sight we had not enjoyed the year before, namely, large patches of grape-bearing vines.

There they stood before my eyes; but the sight was so entirely unexpected that I stood some time gazing at the clusters of grapes with which they were loaded, with no more thought of plucking than if I had been beholding them in a dream.

The Bushmen know and eat them; but they are not well flavored on account of the great astringency of the seeds, which are in shape and size like split peas.
The elephants are fond of the fruit, plant, and root alike.

I here found an insect which preys on ants; it is about an inch and a quarter long, as thick as a crow-quill, and covered with black hair.