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canvas sheet for Kemp and Dubois just hung over some 
rough sticks at night for shelter from the dews. We 
could only take 80 -lbs. of flour, a little tea and coffee, 
some rice, our blankets, rifles, ammunition, some pots and 
pans, and a few clothes; but I hadn't even a spare coat, 
and, what I regretted more, no liquor, only one precious 
bottle of brandy which we kept sacred in case of illness — 
it was too provoking when we had such plenty at the 
wagons. Fortunately we had got a little bell tongue," 
i.e. dried meat, with us, which we determined to eke out 
as long as possible till we got some game. 
July 13^A. Sunday. I thought it better to move on a 
little way just to keep the men going, so we cut across a 
bend in the river, and after a walk of about three hours 
we camped again, and hourly expected Dubois to arrive. 
The Caffres were now out of food, having eaten the few 
mealies they had brought down with them, so I and 
La Mule went out to look for game, but neither of us had 
any luck. By careful management we reckoned we 
Europeans might each have a piece of damper or a little 
rice per day, and, of course, trusted to get plenty of meat 
by the help of our rifles. Our first day's experience in 
this country proved the Caffres were right, and that it was 
impossible to take anything on wheels, owing to the rocky 
and broken ground, and the continual steep and narrow 
gullies we had to scramble down and up again, and at 
each of which the cart would have to be taken to pieces 
and carried over. E. rode ^^Jack," and got along very 
well. The reeds on the edge of the river are the first of 
the kind we have seen so high ; they are quite fifteen feet, 
with a long feathery flower at the top, and are very 
graceful and ornamental. The Caffres evidently wanted 
some grub, and I was very anxious for Dubois to turn up, 
as not being used to them I didn't know whether they 
