A thick fog ſuddenly ſpread itſelf over the part of the mountain where I ſtood, and obliged me immediately to deſcend. I ſhould certainly have loſt my way, had I not happened to be quite near to the path that leads to the foot of the mountain. Although there blew but little wind at that time upon the Table Mountain, the clouds, after paſſing over its ſummit, precipitated themſelves in the form of miſts, in the ſame manner as when they are impelled by the ſouth-eaſt gales.
28th. I enriched my collection with a number of plants which I gathered in the vicinity of the town.
I had hitherto obſerved but very few inſects, as they do not generally frequent places ſo much expoſed to currents of the air.
On the 29th, I made an excurſion on the oppoſite ſide of the Table Mountain, following the courſe of the valley which divides it from the Lion's Mountain.
The cyanella capenſis grew quite cloſe to the edge of the ſea.
Having reached the heights, I had the pleaſure to ſee the ſides of the rocks ornamented with different ſpecies of ſhrubs, amongſt which the erica halicacaba particularly diſtinguiſhed itſelf, by the oval form, and beautiful tints of its flowers.
