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this journey he was furnished with a waggon and 

 accompanied by Mr. Daniel, a good artist, who made 

 drawings of the scenery, as well as of the animals 

 and people. The savage tribes again became 

 troublesome, and in a second expedition my cousin 

 was only accompanied by a faithful Hottentot as 

 interpreter. They were both mounted, and each led 

 a spare horse with such things as were absolutely 

 necessary, and when they bivouacked where, for fear 

 of the natives, they did not dare light a fire to keep 

 off the wild beasts, one kept watch while the other 

 slept. After many adventures and dangers, my 

 husband reached the Orange Eiver, and was the first 

 white man who had ever been in that part of Africa. 

 He afterwards served in Canada and in Sicily at the 

 head of the medical staff, under his friend General 

 Sir James Craig. On returning to England he 

 generally lived in London, so that he was seldom 

 with his family, with whom he was not a favourite 

 on account of his liberal principles, the very circum- 

 stance that was an attraction to me. He had lived 

 in the world, was extremely handsome, had gentle- 

 manly manners, spoke good English, and was emanci- 

 pated from Scotch prejudices. 



I had been living very quietly with my parents 

 and children, so until I was engaged to my cousin 

 I was not aware of the extreme severity with which 



