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Otherwise whole kraals would have bolted away 

 ahead of us into the bush or reeds. 



Anyhow, that interview settled all chance of a 

 move via Rhodesia. In Cape Town I saw the 

 Portuguese Consul-General, and through him wrote 

 to the Governor of Angola, advising him of the 

 likelihood of the Portuguese having troubles 

 with the Germans along their boundaries, and 

 mentioning that later on, on the Okavango river 

 in particular, they might expect considerable 

 worry. I offered them the help of a small party of 

 mounted men from Rhodesia, if permission from 

 the Union Authorities was also obtained. 



To this the Governor replied that he was not 

 authorised to accept any outside volunteers. I 

 also had a couple of interviews with Sir Lewis 

 Mitchell of the Chartered Co., who, hearing I was 

 in Cape Town, was naturally anxious to possess 

 any information which might be used to forestall 

 a possible raid into Rhodesia by Germans or 

 Dutch rebels from German South- West. He told 

 me he was sending to Dr. Jameson the written 

 reports I had given him. 



There was nothing left for me now but to return 

 home to Australia to see if it were possible to 

 get the injured hand fixed up by an operation. 

 I felt as miserable as a bandicoot at being a cripple 

 when all one's countrymen and relatives were 

 hurrying to take part in the big struggle. 



No sooner had we reached Sydney than I called 

 on Sir Herbert Maitland, one of the best-known 



