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in order to shoot an inyala, and frequently remarked 



in the course of our conversation, " Well, I'm ; 



so you've come all this way to shoot a 



buck." He also informed me that he was not very 

 well, as he had been '*on the burst" for the last 

 three days ; but this confidence was superfluous, 

 as no one could have approached within ten yards 

 of him without realising his condition. 



On my arrival at the store I was disappointed to 

 find that Mr. Wissels was absent, having again 

 returned to Delagoa Bay for another cargo of 

 maize. Had he been at home, I should have en- 

 deavoured to obtain a specimen of Livingstone's 

 antelope — a species which I have never shot, and 

 which Mr. Wissels had informed me was numerous 

 in most of the jungles near his store. These little 

 animals are very similar in habits to the diminutive 

 blue buck of Natal, and as they inhabit dense bush, 

 are not often shot, except by driving, and Mr. 

 Wissels had promised that when I returned to his 

 station he would collect a lot of Kafirs and get up a 

 drive for me. However, as I did not know when he 

 would return, and was anxious to get back to Kim- 

 berley as soon as possible now that I had accom- 

 plished the main object of my journey, I did not 

 care about waiting for him, but determined to get 

 on as quickly as possible. Had Mr. Wissels been 

 at home I should probably have returned to Delagoa 

 Bay by boat, but now I had the prospect of an 

 eighty-mile walk. I had no difficulty in getting 

 carriers, as Gugawi's men, who had brought my 

 things to the store, and with whom I had been 

 associated for the last week, volunteered to go on 

 with me to Delagoa Bay ; and it pleased me very 

 much to find that they did not insist on being paid 

 beforehand, but trusted to my honour to deal fairly 

 with them. 



On the evening of the day on which I returned 



