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waggon affording comfortable sleeping quarters 

 and plenty of space wherein to stow impedimenta, 

 need not cost more than 40 secondhand, and 

 is often to be got for much less. Good mules cost 

 about 10 each in the Cape districts, and at the 

 end of, say, a six months' trip the whole equipage 

 would realise within a trifle of the price paid for 

 it if sold further up the country. Meanwhile, no 

 hotel expenses need be incurred. Almost every 

 coloured boy of from fourteen to any age can drive 

 six in hand well, and such hands are procurable 

 for from i to i ics. a month, with food thrown 

 in, of course. Two such boys should be taken 

 one to look after cattle and saddle horses, and the 

 other drive, cook, and do all kinds of odd jobs. 

 When extra help is temporarily required, it is 

 generally to be had at the cost of a few shillings. 



In some of the north-west parts of the Colony 

 and in Griqualand West large bags of sand-grouse 

 are to be made in the proper season. 



The fishing to be had in South Africa is poor 

 indeed as regards the eatable qualities of the spoil, 

 which is usually either very coarse or flavourless 

 and bony. One fairly good fish of the perch tribe 

 is occasionally to be had, and, for anything I know 



