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MAKE A STKONG CAMP. 



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work the day jjassed, and I most heartily congratulated 

 myself that the accident had happened where it did, 

 near water and near friendly Damaras, and in almost 

 the only place that we had seen, since Schmelen's Hope, 

 where wood fit for a new axletree could be obtained. 

 I did not dare to trust myself to one of unseasoned 

 wood, as it would not have stood a day's work through 



CHAPUPA, A DA.MARA CHIEF. 



such country as that we were now travelling over, and 



if the next break-down should be in a spot far from 



trees, grass, or water, we might find ourselves in very 



great difficulty. I therefore determined to ride with 



Andersson on to the Ovampo, and to leave Hans 



behind in charge of the waggons — which he undertook 



to repair. Curiously enough, though there were so 



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