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CHAPTER V. 



Hot Springs— Fish River— Waggon overturned— Hard Treaty with 

 a Caffer — Village of Cradock — Sequestered Vale — Locust 

 Birds— Glen Lynden — Bush-boks— Forest Scenery— Indicator 

 — Farmer startled by a Tiger— Hanging Nests of the Weaver 

 Bird— Caffer' s Complaint — Kakaberg Bechuanas — Immense 

 flight of Locusts — Graham's Town. 



Leaving Kruger's place we continued to travel dur- 

 ing the day, intending to pass the night at the farm 

 of a widow named Olivier, which lay immediately in 

 our route. On reaching her residence, however, we 

 were rather abruptly informed that it was of no use 

 to uitspan there, as there was nothing for the oxen. 

 The overseer advised us to proceed about another 

 hour's ride, to the cattle kraal, where he told us that 

 we should find plenty of grass. Under this impres- 

 sion we pursued our journey without loss of time ; 

 but after travelling between two and three hours 

 without discovering the place described to us, we 

 determined on halting, and having secured our oxen 

 to the waggon, kindled a good fire, as usual, and 

 made ourselves as comfortable as we could for the 

 night. 



Early next morning a slave belonging to a farmer 

 in the neighbourhood, coming up to the Hottentots, 

 told them that a few weeks previously he and his 

 master had shot a couple of lions near the spot where 



