MANYAMPS KRAAL. 51 
" September "jth. — Breakfast with Lee ; dinner 
also. One of his boys caught some barbel and a 
curious-looking fish in the river. Talked with Lee, 
and afterwards saw his garden, Inspanned about 
8 P.M., and soon crossed a river with sand and reeds, 
and a good deal of water in its bed. It was a fine 
moonlight night, the road winding through pictur- 
esque kopjes. Went about six miles, and then halted 
for the night. 
" September Zth. — Started at 7 a.m., and went 
four miles through fiat land, with but few trees, and 
hemmed in by craggy, bush-covered kopjes. Came 
in sight of cultivated land and natives, and reached 
Manyami's kraal at 9 a.m. The country here is 
really pretty, and presents a pleasing variety to the 
eye. The ground is open mostly, and covered with 
long yellow grass ; here and there groups of trees, 
some of a very fair size, some bare, some brown, and 
a few green or in blossom. Large stones crop up 
from the ground, and everywhere rugged kopjes rise 
round us. 
" Soon after our arrival Manyami came, at- 
tended by another old fellow, each in a shabby old 
hat, and vying with each other in squalor and dirt. 
He refused firmly to send to the king till to-morrow, 
saying the king had not sent for me, but I had come 
of my own accord, and must not be in a hurry ; the 
oxen could feed and rest. I sfave him a bar of lead. 
Two messengers were to be sent, and I wrote a note 
to Fairbairn for oxen, and the boy was directed to 
