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the little cart formerly used by Kajimbo, which 

 must have fallen into the hands of the Germans 

 at Cuangar. In that case, it was more than 

 likely that the wagon would have some Dutch 

 rebels with it. Our boys reported that they 

 heard oxen lowing, and therefore the wagon could 

 not be far ahead. 



At daybreak next morning we had found the 

 camp and surrounded the wagon. There was, 

 however, only one white man, but he was one of 

 those we wanted, proving to be W.-S. of Kemp's 

 officers. As we surmised, it was Kajimbo's cart 

 right enough. We also made a couple of fine fat 

 mules, a welcome addition to our riding stock; 

 out in that country anything in the shape of a 

 salted riding animal, horse or mule, being worth 

 its weight in gold regardless of looks. Just as it 

 was said of Klondyke in the early days, " As 

 'twas in Eden 'tis in Dawson City, where ANY 

 girl looks pretty/' so it could be said of any four- 

 legged mount on the Okavango. With W.-S. we 

 also collared a mob of mixed cattle which the 

 German police at Kuringkuru were sending down 

 to the German missionaries to be kept on the quiet. 

 Rensberg recognised several of the cattle as 

 formerly the property of Kajimbo and the Portu- 

 guese, the whole mob being evidently a " crook " 

 lot, looted by the Germans in their raid on the 

 Portuguese posts in December. 



No sooner had we returned to our camp with 

 the prisoner, than a fresh excitement occurred, 



