I A WONDERFUL PUDDING 5 



Town the following day. This place, like Campbell's- 

 dorp, must have seen better days, but was now almost 

 deserted. During the subsequent five weeks we 

 trekked about from one Griqua farm to another all 

 over the country, buying sheep, goats, oxen, and 

 ostrich feathers, but finding no game except a few 

 springbucks and steinbucks. 



On the 2 1 St of December we found ourselves on 

 the banks of the Orange river, at a place called Sea- 

 cow's-bath, where dwelt a very decent old Kafir, 

 Hendrick Kieviet by name. The next day I started 

 early to look for rhebuck amongst the hills bordering 

 the river, but never saw a living thing. One might 

 almost as well look for game in Hyde Park as in 

 Griqualand. 



The weather was now intensely hot ; every day 

 the thermometer rose to over 100' in the shade ; 

 and at about midnight, with the moon shining 

 gloriously, it still marked 91°. 



Christmas Day. — Made a wonderful pudding ol 

 meal and eggs, flavoured with chocolate ; we also 

 made a sauce of meal, milk, honey, and chocolate. 

 Both pudding and sauce turned out a glorious success, 

 and, considering the paucity of materials at our dis- 

 posal, I think we had reason to be proud of it. We 

 invited old Hendrick to dinner, and he was enchanted 

 with the pudding, declaring he had never tasted 

 anything like it, and, judging from the amount he 

 stowed away, evidently thinking he never would again. 



January ist found us still trekking westwards 

 along the northern bank of the Orange river. This 

 day we met two Griqua waggons returning from 

 Damaraland, where they had been on an embassy 

 from Waterboer to the Damara king, in reference 

 to allowing the Griquas to settle in his country. 



