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harmless creature. It unfortunately stumbled as we were 
pulling it to the waggons, and in its fall broke its neck. But 
I must not trouble you with all the particulars of our jagt ; 
suffice it to say, that shortly after leaving the Seechagholie, 
the two Griqua waggons, with all the Corannas, returned 
homewards, being afraid of approaching nearer to the 
country of Masilikatsie. ‘Taking a westerly course from 
Seechagholie, we hunted some time at a dry river called the 
Malybana, down which we travelled two days, till where it 
empties itself into the before-mentioned river. Our course 
was again north-easterly, after re-crossing the Seechag- 
holie, near its junction with the Meritzan, all of which rivers 
empty themselves a few days’ journey lower down into the 
Maloppo. | 
I have hitherto said nothing about the inhabitants of 
the country through which we passed since leaving the 
Hart; for until we first reached the Seechagholie, we had 
scarcely ever seen any, except a straggling Bushman or 
Bechuana, but after we had shot such abundance of game 
we got plenty of company. The natives scattered about 
this part of the country are the remains of various Bechuana 
tribes, such as the Baharutsie, Wanketzie, and Barolongs, 
all of whose countries Masilikatsie has conquered. These 
poor people live in very small communities, scattered over 
the face of the country, but have not a single head of cattle 
to live by, their whole dependance and only food being 
locusts, or such game as chance may direct into their 
pitfalls. I met among them some Wanketzie people, who 
recognized me as having visited their country about eight 
years ago. They told me that the once-powerful king 
Sibigho was now nearly reduced to beggary by Masilikatsie, 
and had taken refuge beyond the Kaliharry* desert. 
“My party now consisted of Jan Saver, a colonial youth, 
* Bakilliharri of the Map. 
