148 MEMORIES OF MY LIFE 



Bay to the interior, of which I had myself travelled 

 as far as Tounobis, and the remaining few days' 

 journey had been travelled during the preceding year 

 by marauding Namaquas. 



After staying a week at Tounobis, Amiral wished 

 to return home, and I was not in a position to travel 

 farther afield, because the next stage towards Lake 

 N garni was described by all as being more severe 

 than the last one, and with my tired oxen it was 

 as much as we could do to get back at all. So I 

 returned, and, ultimately, found myself back on the 

 shores of Walfish Bay on December 5. The wished- 

 for schooner arrived on January 16, 1852. I finally 

 parted with Andersson, Hans, and most of the men, 

 and retaining only three with me for the possibility of 

 a short travel in Portuguese territory, which came to 

 nothing, I sailed to St. Helena, whence I returned 

 straight to England. 



This, in a few words, is an outline of my journey. 

 The distances were (as carefully calculated), Walfish 

 Bay to Station No. 3 (Barmen) 207 miles, Barmen to 

 Nangoro 512 miles, Barmen to Tounobis 311 miles, 

 total 1030 miles, and nearly as many back ; besides 

 other side expeditions, especially that to Erongo, and 

 another of little interest that has not been alluded to 

 above. 



This bald outline of a very eventful journey has 

 taken little notice of the risks and adventures which 

 characterised it and are recorded in my book. They 

 must be imagined by the reader, otherwise the follow- 

 ing paragraph will seem overcharged, which it is not. 



I had little conception of the severity of the 

 anxiety under which I had been living until I found 



