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forward all letters to him from Maritzburg ; so when 

 I arrived here and found none I could not make it 

 out. To-day however a note arrived, the monthly 

 mail coming in. This note was from Hepburn, telling 

 me that a letter and newspapers were at his house for 

 me, and directing me to apply to a converted native, 

 who is studying for the church, and who with others 

 like him forms a college adjoining the missionary 

 houses. I was not long in going up, and found the 

 things as he had said, amongst his books. . . . 



" I left Tati for this place on the 4th of April, 

 and reached here in a week. I had to come here 

 for supplies. It is about 150 miles ; but the journey 

 is no trifle. I generally trekked during the night and 

 slept comfortably, the ground being soft sand for the 

 most part and the waggon going slowly and without 

 jolts. We usually made two treks of perhaps three 

 hours each, say from 3 to 6, and from 8 to 1 1 p.m., 

 and set off again about 2 a.m. and trekked till 

 sunrise, which was about 6 a.m., making a trek of 

 about four hours. Call our rate of travelling two 

 miles an hour in heavy ground, this gives about 

 twenty miles a day, roughly, and this is good 

 trekking and could not be kept up for long. Now 

 however there is still plenty of grass and water, 

 though winter is setting in and the rains are nearly 

 over. Two waggons accompanied me, with two 

 traders and a hunter in them. The latter is quite 

 a young fellow who left England three years ago. 

 He was educated at Rugby. One of the two 

 traders was Fairbairn, who supplied me with goods 



