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as well as the liumaiis ; and if we left the river bank the 
ground was stony, and the ridges almost as bad as the 
gullies. "We miss our wagons very much already, with all 
our small comforts and plenty of room to stow our odds 
and ends; but in one way we are the gainers by having 
brought so little, as the packing and unpacking of every 
small article is troublesome, and takes up much time. A 
box for small things to travel in safely and without packing 
would be very useful, but the Oaffres are our masters and 
they object to boxes. We find it difiicult to make the 
ground a comfortable seat and table too, and often think 
s with regret of our flour, spirits, and other good things left 
in the wagons, but nothing will much matter as long as 
we keep well and can kill plenty of game. I find the 
necessity of providing food for our party with the rifle 
makes one hunt very keenly and perseveringly. Monkeys 
seem very numerous of all sizes. The Caffres had a hunt 
to-day amongst the reeds, and managed to kill a huge 
cane rat which they ate with relish. 
July \1th. The sick man better this morning and able 
to march again, though the ponies had to carry his load. 
On the march I saw the blue" vildebeest (gnu), a larger 
species than that we saw on the high lands, besides zebra 
and koodoo, which were all fresh kinds of game to me. 
I flnd it difiicult enough to see the animals when pointed 
out to me amongst the trees, much less get a shot at them, 
but I suppose one will improve by practice. ^^Lion" 
managed to nobble a bushbuck this afternoon, which was 
an acceptable addition to the larder, the meat being 
excellent. On the march we passed through some deserted 
huts, in the midst of large gardens sown with a kind of 
bird seed called, in Caffre, inyout, but the crop had failed, 
and the natives had been obliged to seek food elsewhere. 
Camped again about 4 p.m. 
July IMh. Started by way of a change before break- 
