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close to the fire. We started off at daylight next morning 
and were glad to reach our camp again, and enjoyed a cup 
of hot coffee. Remained stationary, as it was some 
distance for the men to bring the meat in, and spent the 
afternoon in cleaning the head which was stowed away as 
usual in a tree. These buffaloes are very poor creatures 
compared to the North American bison, both in appearance, 
size, and speed, though, according to Dubois, they often 
show fight when wounded. We got a good supply of fat 
from the cow when the men came in which was most 
acceptable, and carefully melted down and preserved. 
We had long been looking out for a supply of suet to 
enable us to get another plum pudding, which, with a 
sirloin of beef and some excellent marrow bones, gave us 
an extra good dinner. Shot a partridge very like a 
Frenchman,'' with similar red legs and plumage. 
July 30th. Moved camp again the next morning, but 
were soon brought to a standstill by the Caffres reporting 
a hippopotamus close by. It was a solitary old bull, and 
Dubois and I fired a few shots at him, but he was too 
cunning to show much of his head above the water ; and 
after waiting an hour or two we left him to follow E. and 
the Caffres, who had gone on to find a camping ground. 
^^Lion" succeeded in pulling down a young harrisbuck 
close to the camp before 1 arrived, and being anxious to 
get a specimen of this buck I went out to hunt them up, 
but was unable to find the herd again ; I was glad, 
however, to run across another of the endless variety of 
the antelope tribe, a single eland ; but he caught sight of 
us first, and I couldn't get near him for a shot. While 
following the eland I suddenly heard a shot, followed by 
a great scuffling of hoofs, and almost immediately a small 
troop of bull buffaloes rushed past me. I blazed both 
barrels, but apparently without effect, as they all kept on 
till we could see them no longer. We then went to see 
