150 LOSE OUR DOG. 



wounded part, and prepare the remainder for their 

 consumption. I remarked that they were extrava- 

 gantly fond of fat, of which I was enabled to afford 

 them a good supply, having lately killed a sheep 

 with the prodigious tail so common to the breed in 

 this country, weighing perhaps not less than twelve 

 pounds. Having given them various little presents, 

 among which tobacco formed the principal article, 

 they left us apparently well satisfied with the in- 

 terview. 



Passing through Carolus Poort, an opening be- 

 tween a low range of mountains that bounded the 

 plain over which we had been travelling, we entered 

 upon a large tract of level country ; and after pro- 

 ceeding for some hours, we halted late in the evening 

 in the midst of the plain. We did this, as we were 

 unable to discover a path to any human habitation, 

 it being our general practice to halt for the night 

 in the neighbourhood of some farm, as it increased 

 our security against the attacks of lions. 



On the following morning we missed our favourite 

 dog, Flora, which we supposed had remained at 

 Carolus Poort, and, therefore, dispatched Dempy, 

 one of our attendants, on horseback in search of it, 

 expecting that he would return before we departed, 

 as it was our intention to remain until the middle 

 of the day, in order, as usual, that the oxen might 

 have time to graze. Dempy, however, not having 

 arrived according to our expectation, and being 



