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waggon and the pistol had exploded. This un- 

 accountable occurrence, indeed, so scared the 

 thieves that they fled in dismay, and the cargo 

 was saved. 



For months D and his " boy " lived on 



monotonously, with fair comfort in a way, but at 

 length some strange bushmen paid them a visit, 

 and reported that early in the hunting season a 

 white man from Walfish Bay intended trying to 

 reach this water bent on elephant shooting. These 



people also told D that he had done well to 



remain stationary, as, in consequence of the failure 

 of the melon (tsamma) crop, it would have been 

 impossible for him to have reached the Botletle. 



D therefore very wisely decided to remain 



and wait the arrival of the elephant hunter, who 

 in due time arrived, and turned out to be Mr. 

 Anderson, a Swedish traveller and hunter of 

 renown. 



Here D and Anderson remained for some 



time together, and with the help of oxen the long- 

 deserted waggon was brought into camp. Then 

 rain at last fell, and a crop of tsamma soon ren- 

 dered travelling possible, D bought two 



oxen from Anderson, and at last got out of the 



