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cut out. Three were cows, the one killed by the last 

 shot of the gumtickler bemg the only bull. His 

 tusks were long and perfect. After a long and noisy 

 walk home, I arrived at the boats about 5.30 p.m., 

 and at once set to work to arrange for a walk down 

 to Pamafunda, as Mr. Young would have to spend 

 three or four days getting the boat to pieces, and ar- 

 ranging with the natives for its carriage past the 

 Cataracts. 



I was sorry to be obliged to give up the idea of 

 having Moloka with me, as Mr. Young required him 

 in the boat. However, it was decided that Chinsoro 

 and two Makololos, Mobita and Piccaninnee, with 

 their two Ajawah servants, should accompany me, 

 and three of Maramia's men agreed to come as 

 porters three days' march, if necessary. We then 

 packed up four days' provisions, consisting of tea, 

 coffee, preserved beef, some lime-juice (which 

 I found delightfully refreshing when mixed with 

 the Shire water), and a bottle of brandy. My 

 magazine, containing ready-made bullets and filled 

 cartridges and powder, my medicine chest, three 

 pieces of calico to buy provisions or pay natives 

 for porterage, my common blanket suit (which I 

 found invaluable when sleeping out in heavy dews), 

 and one change of hunting-dress rolled up in my 

 blanket, and covered with my waterproof sheet, com- 

 pleted my outfit for the march. 



Everything was ready for an early start before I 

 turned in. Chinsoro was in great delight at the idea 

 of accompanying me, but I felt there was a sad 

 blank in the party without the faithful and plucky 



