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and attached, immediately, apparently without 

 eftbrt, extricated the wao'o'on from the river and 

 lightly dragged it up the opposing steep incline. 

 Myberg, our conductor, was somewhat chagrined 

 at this incident, for lie was proud of having 

 avoided anything like a stickfast till this day, 

 and he entertained strong opinions as to the 

 superiority of mules over oxen, which were now 

 somewhat shaken. 



All this country which had been traversed for 

 some days j^ast is thick bush veldt, studded here 

 and there with rocky ''kopjes." These kopjes 

 are of various shapes and height, some of them of 

 great beauty, some fantastic, some almost grotesque 

 in appearance. They rise to an altitude of from 

 100 to as much as 500 feet. Between the 

 Wanetse and the Lundi, one called the Sugar 

 Loaf, said to attain a height of 800 feet, is a most 

 remarkable object. Generally they are rounded 

 rather than pointed at the summit, and their 

 peculiarity lies in this, that they seem to consist of 

 one immense, massive o-ranite boulder, without 

 discernible crack, fissure, or mark of severance. 

 As a rule they do not rise in ranges, nor are they 

 connected with each other. These miniature 

 mountains, often not without grandeur, add 

 greatly to the attractiveness of the wild woodland 1 

 scenery, and at evening, when the smiset is 

 brilliant, stand out with a sharpness and an 

 originality which long arrests the eye and excites 

 the imao-ination. After crossino- the Wanetse we 

 overtook the wao-oons of Mr. Maunde, who had 



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