The Camp at Suchi Rivkr. 



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Tlie fort that was hero lias been abandoned. The 

 jDlace is of some importance as one where police 

 can be concentrated for patrolling the Crocodile 

 River, Avhich is al30ut twelve miles distant, in case 

 of trouble with the Boers. 



Saturday^ June 21t]i. — Arrived at Suchi lii\er 



The camp of the main column at Sachi River. 



at daybreak, and encamped on the other side. 

 <jur trek here was al)out sixteen miles. The River 

 Suchi is similar to the Lotsani, being now merely a 

 thread of ^\'ater in the river-bed. The water is 

 ])rackish and unpalatable, and leaves crusts of salt 

 on the banks where it has evaporated. The country 

 is flat all round. About ten o'clock this morniu"- 



