2 So THROUGH GASA LAND. 



During our voyage we had fine weather, but it 

 was extremely tedious ; however, the cooking was 

 fair and the skipper — a Frenchman^ — made himself 

 agreeable. 



From Reunion we shipped to the Mauritius ; 

 from there Dillon sailed to Bombay, and I for 

 home. 



With sorrow I have to state that my friend's 

 vessel was lost at sea, for neither he nor it was 

 ever afterwards heard of. 



Thus terminated the most successful shooting 

 trip — in a pecuniary sense — that I ever made into 

 Austral Africa. 



