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breezes which daily sweep over the veldt scarceh^ 

 seem to penetrate to, or in any way relieve the 

 oppressive atmosphere of Hartley Hill. On the 

 higher peat of the kopje Messrs. Johnson, Heaney, 

 and Borrow have, with their usual enterprise, 

 erected huts and store-houses. On the other and 

 lower peak, Mr. G-raham, the Alining Commissioner, 

 has his offices and abode. Manv stories of adven- 



The miaing settlein9nt at Hartley Hill. 



tares with lions were current when I arrived at 

 Hartley Hill. On the first night I was there a 

 lion broke into the kraal of the firm mentioned 

 above, situated close to where I was outspanned, 

 killed, and carried oiF a donkey. This lion on Uvo 

 successive evenings returned to his prey, and shots 

 were fired at him Avithout eftect. One of the 

 prospectors in the ser^nce of Sir John Willoughby, 



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