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cient number of Europeans to keep the Hottentots 

 in awe, and employing also a third waggon to 

 carry out grain for the best horses^, as well as to 

 bring back ivory and rare quadrupeds to the colony, 

 the expedition might be made to cover its own 

 expenses. In addition to the sable antelope, 

 which had travelled the whole way on my cot, and 

 was — besides being a most unenviable bed-fellow — a 

 source of constant anxiety, my collection consisted 

 of two perfect crania of every species of game quad- 

 ruped to be found in Southern Africa, together with 

 skins of the lion, quagga, zebra, ostrich, &c., tails 

 of the cameleopard, and tusks of elephants and 

 hippopotami, besides elaborate drawings of every 

 animal that interests the sportsman, from the tall 

 giraffe to the minutest antelope. 



The unlooked for return of the " two Indian 

 gentlemen" from the interior, together with the ex- 

 hibition of these creditable trophies, most of which 

 were novelties to the oldest resident, created a con- 

 siderable revolution of sentiment in our favour; 

 hundreds who twelve months before had shaken 

 their heads at our projected expedition, now decla- 

 ring that had they only been aware of our intention 

 of visiting " the terror of the interior," (whose 

 portrait was not considered the least attractive of 

 our curiosities.) nothing on earth should have de- 

 terred them from taking part in so interesting an 

 adventure. There is doubtless a wide difference 

 betwixt setting out and returning, but I can assure 

 these enterprising travellers, that unless the track- 



