298 EXPEDITION INTO [Chap. XXXIV. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



JOURNEY RESUMED, TO THE 'GY KOUP, OR VET 

 RIVIERE OF THE EMIGRANTS. 



Misfortunes, according to the old adage, never 

 come singly ; and I have assuredly no grounds for 

 recording a special exception to the rule in ovir 

 favour. Shortly after my restoration on the 27th, 

 the sudden brewing of a whirlwind, or more pro- 

 perly speaking, of a simoon in miniature, whilst it 

 caused the partial destruction of one of the waggon 

 awnings, led also to the temporary loss of our live 

 stock ; the natural consequence of the latter calamity 

 being, that one of the best oxen fell into a pit, and 

 two of the sheep into the maw of the hyeena. This 

 extraordinary squall of dust and gravel, which raged 

 as if all inanimate nature had been stirred into com- 

 motion, was the forerunner of a thunder-storm, 

 that lasted the greater part of the night, and ulti- 

 mately gave place to a drenching and steady rain 

 during the whole of the following day. Towards 

 evening, our allies, the Lihoya, honestly brought in 

 the remaining sheep, and our position being very 

 exposed, we made an attempt to reach the river ; 

 but after travelling five miles, were compelled to 

 halt at a puddle of rain-water, where we passed the 



