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Moloka. Mr. Young told me that Maramia had visit- 

 ed him during the day, and had brought some tusks 

 for sale, but had asked too much for them, and 

 consequently they were not purchased. He had 

 heard of the death of the four elephants, and came to 

 know if it was true, but would not believe it till he 

 had seen their tails. 



Everyone was up early on the morning of the 1st 

 October preparing for departure. We all breakfasted 

 together, and shortly after eight o'clock, as the Search 

 drifted away, I, with my eight followers, turned into 

 the forest, amidst many a hearty wish for good sport, 

 and a successful march, on the part of the remainder 

 of the Expedition. We were soon out of sight of 

 each other. We walked hard through forest-land all 

 the morning without seeing game of any kind, though 

 I saw a good deal of fresh buffalo spoor. About 

 noon the heat was intense, and, selecting the shade of 

 a large tree, I halted for an hour. Having lighted 

 a fire, Chinsoro made me some hot and strong 

 coffee. I know of nothing more refreshing on a 

 march under a roasting sun ; and as this was the 

 first day of our work, and my men did not appear 

 over-energetic, I gave them some also. This made 

 a hole in our supply of water, and we had but 

 little left when we started again on our way. How- 

 ever, Maramia's men said that about five o'clock we 

 should, by walking hard, reach a small river or 

 stream, where plenty of water would be found, and 

 where we could camp for the night. About two 

 o'clock the flat route I had been following changed, 

 first to stony, undulating ground, and then to a hilly 



