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was j^leasant and cheering being once more to- 

 gether, all of us having experienced various 

 troubles and adventures, none of us having suffered 

 from any illness or real misfortune. Time passed 

 rapidly in recounting to each other our different 

 narratives, in making plans and arrangements for 

 future operations. Soon Major Giles returned to 

 Fort Salisbury to prepare for the sale of the outfit. 

 Mr. Mackay, with a prosjDector of some experience, 

 was despatched to the Umswezi river to examine 

 certain reefs which were reported to be rich. 

 This district is infested by the tsetse fly ; neither 

 horses, mules, nor oxen can be taken there. The 

 miner travels on foot, with donkeys carrying his 

 baggage. Donkeys do not enjoy any real im- 

 munity from the effects of the bite of the tsetse 

 fly, but as they appear to resist the poison for a 

 nuich longer period than any other animal, and as 

 they are of small value, thev are found to be of 

 great use for transport in tlie " fly " country. 

 A certain time having to l^e passed while reefs 

 were being examined and reports made, I resolved 

 upon another shooting ex|)edition to the locality 

 where I had seen the elands, the ostriches, and 

 many other buck. Mr. Henry C. Perkins, who 

 had had no good shooting, managed to steal a day 

 from his mining business and came with me. We 

 trekked on to the veldt, some ten miles from 

 Hartley Hill, and went hunting on the following 

 morning. A good many liuck were seen and shot 

 at, hartebeest, waterbuck, duiker. Mr. Perkins 

 Avas successful in securing a fine sable antelope 

 bull, after a regular Highland stalk, and an old 



