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PERSONNEL. 



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waggon a place to read in with any comfort, for it was 

 far too full of articles of exchange. The small waggon 

 was the receptacle for the men's sleeping clothes, 

 besides its regular freight. Nobody slept in it except 

 during heavy rains. John St. Helena drove the large 

 waggon and led the way; Phlebus the small one. 

 John Williams, Onesimus, and John Allen were all 

 engaged as leaders, but in practice Onesimus always 

 led the large waggon and any odd Damara led the 

 other. Hans, John Morta and Timboo were the 

 remaining servants. My natives were constantly 

 changing. I am quite unable to give the names 

 of the Ghou Damups, for two reasons : the first, 

 perhaps a sufficient one, is that they are totally 

 unpronounceable to any European mouth, and alto- 

 gether beyond the powers of our alphabet to represent ; 

 — the second, that they were invariably christened 

 afresh by my men as soon as they entered my service. 

 The sort of names these negroes answered to will 

 perhaps convey a better notion of their character and 

 style than a longer description — there was a " Grub," 

 a " Scrub," a " Nicodemus," a " Moonshine," and a 

 " Toby." The Damaras generally retained their own 

 names ; they were much the more stylish of the two. My 

 Damara party at starting was something as follows : — 



Name. 

 Kambanya . 

 "Rhinoster" . 

 "BUI". 



Kemerootie 



Kahoni 



Old Kahoni . 



His Son 



Piet from Mozambique 



Use. 

 Generally useful 

 A Guide . . . . 

 Andersson's henchman . 

 f Excellent runner, used 1 

 \ on every emergency J 

 Anything 



Nothing . . . . 

 Cattle Watcher 



Conversational . . 



Where from. 

 "Given " me by Mr. Hahn. 

 Hu-ed from Otjimbingufe. 

 Picked up by chance. 



Sent me by Mr. Rath. 



Picked up by chance. 



fTimboo's friend, a run- 

 (. away slave. 



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