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room and went to sleep. Next morning at day- 

 light Farley woke me up. On discovering that 

 the man had not come in I hurried off up the road 

 with Farley, as hard as we could go. There, to 

 our inexpressible relief, we found the man and 

 horses exactly in the same position as I had left 

 them some hours previously. 



I cfot to Maclontsie late the followincr nio^ht, and 

 I found that indeed so far as I was concerned "the 

 fat was in the fire " and frizzling with uncommon 

 vigour. To make matters worse, a paragraph 

 appeared in Tritth to the effect that "Captain 

 Scott, in temporary command of the Bechuanaland 

 Border Police, had taken the opportunity of going 

 into forbidden country to witness the war dance of 

 the Matabele, etc." Sir Frederick Carrington and 

 the officers on leave had been recalled, and alto- 

 gether I got myself thoroughly disliked. In the 

 meantime I was to consider myself under arrest. 

 However, when the General arrived in Cape Town 

 things were soon smoothed over. 



It happened that Lord Randolph Churchill was 

 at Fort Gaberones, and on his return from 

 Mashonaland I was there awaiting Sir Frederick 

 Carrington's arrival from England. I had gone 

 for a ride with him across the border, and when 

 I explained that we were in Transvaal territory 

 he said : 



