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accident, djiinage, or loss. The trek from Vry- 

 burg to Tiili, a distance of 550 miles, was ac- 

 complished in a period of fifty-four days, only 

 thirty-five days of which were occupied in actual 

 treking, thus covering the distance at the rate of 

 about 16^ miles joer travelling day. This trek 

 was, moreover, accomplished without the loss of a 



Camp life at Tuli. Branding cattle. 



single ox, with the loss only of tAvo mules, one 

 from sickness, one from accident, and with the 

 temporary loss of seven donkeys, five of which 

 have been recovered. No case of sickness has 

 occurred among the men of the expedition, either 

 white or coloured. Major Giles was fortunate with 

 the horses, all of which were brought as far as Tuli 



