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them on horseback, WilHe remaining to sleep with 
them, and I returning here for the night. W. has 
ridden in here this morning, and we shall both go on 
again to the waggons, which travel very slowly. I 
think we have been fortunate in getting good oxen 
for them. We have also a young horse, a very pretty 
bay, which had only begun to be broken a fortnight 
when we got him, but which is four years old, and 
likely to turn out very well. We have also another 
bay horse, which W. rides. These two are about 
14J hands high. We have three smallish ponies — 
one a very pretty brown one, and two little rough 
black ones. Of course we are taking dogs also. 
We bought four pointers, and have likewise had a 
rough dog given us, and another promised, and shall 
try to pick up as many as we can as we go along, 
for they are invaluable to have about the camp. 
. . . We go with Gray as far as Bamangwato, and 
shall then either go on with him to Lake Ngami, or 
visit the Victoria Falls direct, or we may go first to 
the Lake, and make little explorations to the north 
and north-west, and in the May following go on to 
the Victoria Falls, and thence return here 
Gray is on excellent terms with the King Lechele- 
tebe, a good native, who would assist us in every 
way in his power. If we go to the Falls we pass 
through the country of Lobengula, the son of 
Mosilikatze, whose name you will see in maps. 
Lobengula is reported to be a ' decent chap ' by a 
friend of ours, a doctor here, from Dewsbury, whose 
Christian name is Gates. We go by Mooi River, 
