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third native servant was Cobus, a Hottentot of light 

 weight, the son of a veteran in my regiment. He 'list- 

 ed in the capacity of after-rider, and proved to be first- 

 rate in his calling, being the best horseman I met with 

 in South Africa. He also, like Klcinboy, was liable to 

 fits of sulkiness, through which I eventually lost him ; 

 for on one occasion, finding it necessary to inflict on 

 him a summary chastisement, he deserted from my 

 service in consequence.* 



* The baggage, provisions, and genei'al stores whicli I carried with 

 me were as t'oUows : Two sacks coutaiuijig 300 lbs. of coffee, four quar- 

 ter cliests of tea, 300 lbs. of sugar, JOO lbs. of rice, 180 lbs. of meal, 

 100 lbs. of flour, five lbs. of pepper, 100 lbs. of salt, an anker of vinegar, 

 several large jars of pickles, half a dozen hams and cheeses, two cases of 

 gin, one anker of brandy, one half aum of Cape brandy, iron bakiug-pots 

 w^ilh long legs, stewing and frying pans, sauce-pans and gridirons, tin 

 water-buckets of vai'ious sizes, two large " fagie" or water-casks, an ac 

 companiment which no Cape wagon is ever without, two large flasks of 

 tar to be subsequently mixed with hard fat for greasing the wheels whea 

 required, six dozen pocket knives, 24 boxes of snuff", 50 lbs. of tobacco, 

 300 lbs. of white, coral, red, and bright blue beads of various sizes ; 

 three dozen tinder-boxes ; one cwt. of brass and copper wire, which the 

 Bechuana tribes, especially those dwelling to the east, readily barter and 

 convert into ornaments for their legs and arms ; two dozen sickles, two 

 spades, two shovels, one pickaxe, five superior An)erican axes, two au- 

 gers, one stock and thirty-six bits, hatchets, planes, drawing knives, sev- 

 eral coarse chisels for wagon-work, a vice, blacksmith and car[)enter'a 

 hammers, and a variety of other tools appertaining to both these profes- 

 sions. A gross of awls, a gross of sail-needles, 50 hanks of sail-twine, two 

 bolts of sail-canvas, several rolls of stout woolen cloths, two dozen gown- 

 pieces, six dozen IVIalay handkerchiefs; thread, needles, and buttons; 

 ready-made jackets and trowsers for my people, several dozen coarse 

 shirts, Scotch bonnets, and cocker-nonnys (as for shoes, colonial servants 

 are supposed to make them for themselves) ; a few medicines, arsenical 

 soap, English and coarse Boer's soap. Also, one large bell-tent, one mat- 

 ti'ess and bedding, one camp-tiible and chair, and my canteen, which 

 most fortunately I had resolved to retain when disposing of my other 

 military equipments : I found it a most serviceable and convenient ap- 

 pendage during my five years' wanderings in Southern Africa. My sad- 

 dlery consisted of two English hunting-saddles, two common saddles for 

 servants, and one pack-saddle to convey venison to camp. My ordnance 

 was as folio W3 : three double-barreled rifles by Poi-dey. William Moure. 



