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again rode out. Five koodoo cows were all we 

 saw, and these we did not care to pursue. The 

 game in this country nuist Iiave been recently 

 much disturlx'd Ijy hunting parties. It was a 

 great disappointment not seeing any elands, as 1 

 had been assured they were plentiful. The 

 Avild, saMifre-lookino;, but harmless wildebeest I was 

 most anxious to see and shoot, but could not come 

 across any. The hunter soon tires of the perpetual 

 hartebeest, and even roan antelope pall upon one 

 after a time. At dawn next day we trekked to 

 the Hunyani River, avoiding, by a long detour, 

 the swamp where we had stuck so Ijadly some days 

 before. On this river, at the outspan, I met 

 Captain Co^'entry, who had been sent by ]\Iajor 

 Giles on horseback to Fort Salisbury to purchase 

 two spans of fresh oxen. These he had succeeded 

 in obtaining of moderate quality and at a high price, 

 ISl. 10s. per ox, and ^vas on his way back with 

 them to Fort Charter, wliei-e he hoped to find the 

 waggons. He had had and still had before him a long 

 and solitary i-ide. Also here 1 found ]\Ir. Alfred 

 Beit on his way from the ■Mazoe River to Hartley 

 Hill. We had not met since Tuli, and he had much 

 of interest to recount concerning the various 

 troubles, losses, and misfortunes which had beset 

 his travels in this ver}' odd and difficult part ol' tlie 

 world. 



