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his legs and his position for a few seconds, 

 and then tumbled heavily on his face. I 

 stooped down and slightly raised him, but 

 saw at a glance he was quite dead ; and, 

 as our work was only beginning, I could 

 not remain longer with him. 



We inflicted such a loss on the enemy 

 that in the morning there was not one in 

 sight; but we found a large number of 

 native bullocks, which we were very glad 

 to get, as we had for several days been in 

 want of fresh provisions, and now we had 

 abundance. 



We returned to our camp thoroughly 

 worn out and exhausted, and, if ever men 

 slept well, we did that night. Every day 

 for nearly a month we had been hard at 

 work from daylight, frequently till hours 

 after dark, for we would only halt where 

 there was a supply of water; this was 



