CHAPTEE IV. 



I go to meet the waggons. — Start for Erongo. — En route. — Damara features. 

 — Grabriel in a Scrape. — The Mountain Erongo. — Chase Zebras. — Grhou 

 Damup Huts. — A Black coquette. — Return to Waggons. — Leave 

 Otjimbingue. — Mishaps. — How to encamp and water Oxen. — Arrive 

 at Barmen, thence to Schmelen's Bay. — Ride to Eikhams. — A doomed 

 sufferer. — Visit Jonker. — Conference with him. — Swartboy and 

 Amiral. — Ride on to Behohoth. — ^Umap's Judgment. — Obtain Inter- 

 preters. — Return to Rehoboth. — Murder a Dog and pay for it. — 

 Conference at Eikhams. — Legislating. ^Proposed Conference. — Mules 

 run quite away. — Schmelen's Hope. — Dates. 



In the last week of November I received the 

 welcome news of Andersson's arrival at Otjimbingue 

 with the waggons. The oxen had taken them up in 

 five long stages from Scheppmansdorf, working by night 

 and resting thirty-six hours between each pull. It 

 was impossible for me to leave Barmen, as matters 

 were now pending between me and the native chiefs, 

 and I daily expected to hear some news of Jonker's 

 movements. On December 4th, Andersson rode over 

 to me, and his and Hans' performances with the 

 unbroken oxen and two hea^y waggons were loudly 

 praised by everybody. All had gone well ; Andersson 

 had shot his first rhinoceros, my men had worked 

 fairly, all except one waggon -driver, who, besides 

 laziness and insolence, had been caught in the act of 



