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allowed, and a man cannot work well with less than 

 two meals a-day. A sheep therefore feeds ten people 

 for one day. An average ox is equivalent to seven 

 sheep, and it therefore feeds seventy people for one 

 day, or thirty-five for two, or twenty-four for three. 

 I cannot accurately say what the quantity of food is 

 that different kinds of game afford, as waste always 

 goes on when one is slaughtered, but, as a rough 

 allowance, I considered — 



1 Springbok, or roebuck . . . equal to 1 sheep. 



1 Hartebeest .... „ 2 „ 



1 Zebra, or gnu, or gemsbok . . „ 4 „ 



1 Giraflfe » 2 oxen. 



1 Black or Keitloa rhinoceros . . „ 3 „ 



1 White „ 4 „ 



I possessed seventy-five oxen and one calf; of 

 these fifty-seven had been inspanned, including the 

 ride and pack oxen. My ride-oxen were Frieschland, 

 Ceylon, Timmerman, Buchau and Fairland. Andersson 

 had Spring. All these would also carry packs as a 

 matter of course, but there were others simply pack- 

 oxen. Hans had three ride-oxen, six cows, and five 

 calves; John AUen had two ride-oxen. There were 

 also two heifers that belonged to some of the other 

 men. Gross total of oxen, and cows and calves, 

 ninety-four ; but my own flock of sheep was reduced 

 to twenty-four. I had therefore (allowing twenty 

 slaughter oxen) fuU provisions for two and a half 

 months for all my party, independently of game. This 

 was not nearly as much as I should have liked, but I 

 trusted to buy more on my journey, and also to get 

 some shooting. 



