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between them ; and Chapupa now lives in great plenty, 

 and shows the greatest respect towards all the Ovampo. 

 He evidently did not wish to take the responsibility of 

 himself sending me on to Nangoro, as he feared that I 

 might be a spy, and that Nangoro would find fault with 

 him for allowing me an opportunity of learning the 

 road ; but he begged that I would wait till the next 

 Ovampo caravan came, when I shovild have an excel- 

 lent opportimity of returning with it. 



However, on the 25th of April, a man offered himself 

 as guide ; I asked him how soon he would be ready : 

 he replied, as was very true, that he had nothing to 

 pack up, only his assegai to take with him, and would 

 start directly. These savages look with great con- 

 tempt at our wants, and indeed no European could be 

 a match for them in fatigue-work for two or three days ; 

 yet, on the other hand, in a long steady journey the 

 savages very quickly knock up, unless they adopt some 

 of our usages. They cannot endure the cold for many 

 nights without a rug to cover them. The mid-day sun 

 gives them a headache, and they require a cap. Their 

 sandals do not keep out the thorns, and they have to 

 make shoes, and they cannot do more than a week's 

 work on pig-nut diet. A savage who makes a dash at 

 work for three or four days gets through it well 

 enough, and a long rest sets him to rights again after 

 his forced exertions ; but where there is no such rest, 

 but in its place a steady continuous strain, then he 

 fails unless to a considerable degree he adopts our 

 dress and habits. 



April 2Qth. — We started ; John St. Helena, Timboo, 



