My inroad into Cape Colony must no longer be delayed.
Our positions at Dewetsdorp were so situated that I could leave them unnoticed.

I thought it well, however, to leave behind a small number of burghers as a decoy, so that the English should not pursue us at once.
[Footnote 74: Nieuwjaarsfontein.] [Footnote 75: A table-shaped hill.].