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going into the " fly " on foot, for ten days or so, 

 I reached the river just at dark, and thinking I was 

 below the waggons, followed its course for a long 

 way in the night. When day broke, however, I saw 

 by some hills that I was wrong, and so had to retrace 

 my steps, and did not reach the encampment until 

 mid-day. Here I found Goulden, who had come 

 over from our big camp on the Umfule to look 

 us up. 



During the following night four elephant bulls 

 passed close by the waggons, so near indeed that 

 the dogs ran out and barked at them, and the next 

 morning we took their spoor. However, the dogs 

 must have given them a fright, for they walked on 

 in single file, mile after mile, without ever stopping 

 to feed, so that we never gained upon them in the 

 least, and eventually left the spoor, reaching the 

 waggons late. That day I saw two bush pigs, which 

 I think are rare in this part of the country, as they 

 are the only ones I have seen. They were of a 

 reddish colour, with long hair down their backs, their 

 heads and snouts being like those of a domestic pig. 

 When they ran their tails hung down, whereas a 

 wart hog, the common wild pig of the country, 

 always carries his tail held straight in the air. I had 

 only twice seen these animals before, and that was in 

 the thick bush to the west of, and not far from, the 

 river Gwai. 



The following day, just before sundown, Messrs. 

 Clarkson, Cross, and Wood rode in from the Hanyane, 

 having seen no more elephant spoor since 1 had lett 

 them. Next day being Sunday, we took things easy, 

 and had a day's rest. About mid-day two Boer 

 hunters — Cornelius Engelbreght and Karl Weyand 

 — rode up to our camp, having followed on our 



