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fairy drenms which had haunted my imng-inatioii^ and felt 

 within my gTasp the substance of those shadows which had 

 long' streAved my i^ath. On arriving- at Cape Town, I was 

 so fortunate as to meet Avith Dr. Andrew Smith, the 

 well-know n talented leader of the scientific expedition which 

 had just returned from the interior, who afforded me infor- 

 mation of the hig'hest value, and g-ave me accounts of what 

 I should see in the way of sport, which determined me to 

 lose no time in taking the field. A few days sufficed to com- 

 plete our arrang"ements and purchases. The former were 

 confined to obtaining' passports, visiting* the children of 

 missionaries whom we expected to meet, and eng-aging' a 

 servant, whose name will frequently appear, in lieu of a 

 Midiomedan whom I had broug"ht from Indin, and who, 

 having* already seen enoug'h of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 preferred returning* to eat his curry with true believers, to 

 underofoino* contamination amono-st accursed Kafirs or 

 infidels. Our purchases comprised every article that we 

 fancied could be of service to us in a country where few of 

 tiie necessaries and none of the luxuries of life can be 

 obtained, in which no circulating* medium exists, and where 

 even mercantile transactions are conducted exclusively by 

 barter. Beads, buttons, brass wire, common trinkets, cheap 

 g*ewg"aws, and ornaments of the baser metals, formed no 

 inconsiderable items of our expenditure, not forg'etting* an 

 abundant supply of snuf!" and tobacco. I had broug'ht with 

 me from India, pots, kettles, and camp furniture, tog*ether 

 with my tent, and an ample stock of g'unpowder ; and a 

 Parsee servant, named Nesser-wanjee Motabhoy, who had 

 accompanied my friend E-ichardson, declared his determin- 

 ation of following* our fortunes. 



By Dr. Smith's kind advice, we ordered from a tailor in 

 Cape Town, as a present, among*st others, to the redoidjted 

 Chief Moselekatse, called by some Umdligas, whom we 



