Our Method of Travelling. 



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CHAPTER XX. 



Oar mctlioel of travelliug — Welcome and entertainment by tlie 

 Bechuanaland Border Police at Macloutsio — Palapyc, the 

 capital town of Cliief Kliaraa — LoLengaela, King of the 

 Matabele — Meditated flight of all his tribe and belongings 

 — The Bcoliuanaland Exploration Company — Conversa- 

 tion with Khania, Paramount Chief in the Protectorate — 

 Palla Camp— The journey to Mafcking — With INIr. Rhodes 

 at Kimberley — The Agricultural and Mineral Resources of 

 the Transvaal — i\Iy advice to young Englishmen. 



The journey from Tuli to Kiml^erlcy was per- 

 formed by our party rapidly from a South 

 African point of view. Mules and horses, some- 

 what refreshed by a rest of two days, were in- 

 spanned an hour before daybreak on the Ttli 

 November. Macloutsie ^vas reached at midday on 

 the 9th after a pleasant drive in fine vveathcr 

 through an attractive country along a compara- 

 tively decent road. Our method of travelling 

 was as follows. Aroused at about half-past three 

 in the morning, the preparation of the coffee and 

 the packing of the coach and " spider " occupied 

 the best part of an hour. After trekking for two 

 hours and a half, an outspan of an hour was 

 necessary for the animals, and a light brcakftist for 

 ourselves was generally a welcome. Then another 



^ This chapter was written two months after the author's 

 return to England. Hence its title. 



