THE JO URNE Y CONTINUED. 5 5 



"September nth. — Fair, pleasant, windy day. 

 Eight oxen and a note from Fairbairn, who says I 

 have missed a dance at Gubuluwayo. The king 

 says I am to come and make haste. A letter from 

 Gubuluwayo to forward to the Tati excites more 

 exorbitant demands for payment. Two boys must 

 take it, and each have a pannikin of powder. Mon- 

 yama said he must see the powder before he would 

 send the boys. Great noises at the kraal again 

 to-night. 



" September \2th. — Monyama brought a small 

 elephant -tusk for sale, weighing a little over a 

 pound, and asked five coils of wire for it. I offered 

 him two, which he accepted. He is an extremely 

 ugly little old man, and simply filthy. Packed the 

 waggon and started at 1 1 a.m., the road winding 

 amongst kopjes. We crossed several spruits, and 

 stopped at the Shashani River about 1 p.m. Beans 

 and guinea-fowl for dinner. Dick went back to look 

 for screw-jack, and we lost a trek in consequence. 



"September i$tk. — Inspanned at 3 a.m. ; most 

 villainous jolting. Really fine country here ; kopjes 

 on every side, rising into fine crags, with huge 

 stones strewed on the ground. In the distance 

 more ranges of kopjes are to be seen, becoming 

 blue against the horizon ; and though the kopjes 

 themselves are too stony to give growth to many 



trees, trees intervene. S could have made a 



picture here. Country a good deal burnt in places, 

 and fresh grass springing up green. Later in the 

 day, after a long rest, we went through ordinary flat 



