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some distance we eauglit sight of them, but could not see 
the wounded one ; however, I got another shot, and this 
time wounded one so badly that we quickly caught it up 
and brought it to a standstill. Swartboy was eager to 
finish it off, but seeing it could not get away I enjoyed a 
good look, being within a few feet of the splendid creature, 
and then tried to drive it towards the camp for E. to see 
alive ; but it refused to move, and so I dropped it with a 
bullet in the chest, and sent off a Caffre to bring E. on 
Jack" to see it before the men touched the skin, &c. 
Lying down with my head against the body my feet just 
reached the hoofs, and from the head to the feet it 
measured seventeen feet. It proved to be a female giving 
suck, so we milked it into a calabash, and enjoyed a drink 
of really sweet and delicious milk. E. arrived in due time, 
and then we tried the marrow bones which are generally 
very good and contain an enormous quantity of marrow; 
but this one was so poor there was nothing to get from it. 
I cut off two or three round pieces of the beautifully 
marked skin, but, owing to its enormous thickness, we 
could only take a very little of it with us. In my absence 
a herd of buffalo had been down to the river to drink, 
and on returning had almost walked through our camp, 
apparently taking no notice of E. and Kemp who were 
standing by the fire watching them file leisurely by. — A 
pretty sight. Two Caffres arrived to-day from some kraals 
close to the Tabi, and told us we were within a short walk 
of that river, and also that there were some hippopotami 
in a pool a little way further down the Oliphant. They 
were old men, half starved in appearance, who had seen 
Slangey," and been induced to come to us with the hope 
of getting some meat. They were the first Caffres I had 
seen with bows and arrows, and possessed even less than 
the usual amount of clothing. In consequence of their 
information we crossed the river next morning to avoid 
