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CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Arrival at Walfisch Bay. — Atrocities of the Namaquas. — Mr. Hahn. — 

 His Philanthroi^y. — Author departs for Richterfeldt. — Shoots a 

 Lion. — Lions unusually numerous. — Piet's Performances with Li- 

 ons. — The Lion a Church-goer. — Barmen. — Eikhams. — Kamapyu's 

 mad Doings and Consequences thereof. — Kamapyu is wounded by 

 other Shafts than Cupid's. — Author visits Cornelius ; here he meets 

 Amral and a party of Griqua Elephant-hunters. — Reach Rehoboth. 

 — Tan's Mountain. — Copper Ore. — Jonathan Afrika. — A Lion sup.s 

 on a Goat, — A Lion besieges the Cattle. 



We had an excellent run to Walfisch Bay, and reached it 

 on the 23d of the month in which we left the Cape. In the 

 afternoon I landed the horses, but very nearly lost the best. 

 The halter having slipped off his head, he was making 

 straight for the sea, and Avas well-nigh exhausted before we 

 could again secure him. The same night I rode over to 

 Scheppmansdorf, but the darkness Avas so profound that I was 

 unable to see the track or hold any course. It was by the 

 merest accident that I stumbled upon the house, to the great 

 surprise of my old friends, the Bam family, whom I found 

 well, but not so comfortably lodged as when I saw them last, 

 the Kuisip having swept away their dwelling-house and out- 

 buildings. 



From the worthy missionary I learned much both to please 

 and grieve me. The Namaquas had, as usual, been pillaging 

 the Damaras, and were dealing death and desolation around 

 them. It was no longer considered safe even for white men 

 to remain. Indeed, the Namaquas had already attacked 

 Richterfeldt. Early one morning a horde of these maraud- 

 ers suddenly appeared, and carried off all the cattle belonoing 

 to the people of the station. Not satisfied with this, the\ 



