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having been unable to obtain cither corn or maize 

 from the wretched Korannas, we had tasted nothing 

 but mutton for twenty-three days. I saw here a 

 herd of about thirty hartebeests, but as they were on 

 the side of a hill, and the ground beneath them was 

 perfectly open, I could not manage to get a shot at 

 them. 



January I'jth. — Left Anthony Potgieter's hospit- 

 able hut with regret, and trekked northwards amongst 

 the Lange Berg Kafirs, reaching Michonya's kraal in 

 the evening. This old fellow was stingy, even for a 

 Bechuana, which is saying a good deal. These 

 people, however, seemed industrious, as at every 

 kraal they had many acres of ground under cultiva- 

 tion, and they make a great many karosses, which 

 they sew with great neatness. They seem, too, to 

 take kindly to the outward signs of civilisation, and 

 all who can afford it wear European clothing ; but 

 they are the stingiest, most begging, grasping, and 

 altogether disagreeable set of people that it is possible 

 to imagine. Although possessing large herds of 

 cows and goats, they will not give a stranger a drop 

 of milk until he pays for it ; but, on the other hand, 

 they expect him to give them coffee, tobacco, and, 

 indeed, everything in his waggon, gratis. 



February c,th. — Reached Kobetsi's town, where 

 we found an Englishman named Funnell had estab- 

 lished a store, and from him we were enabled to buy 

 in a stock of meal and other of the almost necessaries 

 of life, which we had so long been without. From 

 this place we could see the Kuruman downs, the 

 mission station being about fifty miles due east. 



The country about here was then in fine order, 

 for, as rain had just fallen, everything looked green. 

 The whole landscape was thickly wooded, and the 



