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when Woodroffe dazzled" them with the sun reflected 
on to their faces from his looking glass. At last we have 
got our permanent staff of Caffres, as the young men 
have arrived in the place of the old ones ; two forelopers 
(boys that lead the oxen and generally look after them, 
and assist the drivers), by name Jonas and Quayban ; 
Jim and old ^^Slangey" as general servants; and Manzine 
to look after the horses and donkeys — all at 155. a month 
and their food, which was mealie meal. Two drivers, 
Jacob and Christian, at £2 10^. a month and their food, 
complete the party. We had five ponies, out of which 
there was one very good one, the ^^grey mare." E. rode 
upon '^Dumpling," a little black animal, and exactly 
described by his name. Then there was one capital 
donkey, and three more wretched looking mokes that no 
one ever noticed; the fifth had given up at starting, and 
was sent back to Woodroffe's farm. 
May I9th. Left early in the morning, and after a rest 
or two, and coming down a hill fearfully steep, and with 
literally great steps of rock down which the wagons 
bumped frightfully, we camped for the night on the 
Tugela river ; at least they all did except my unfortunate 
self, who had to make a night of it in the bush as best I 
could. I had left the road when riding a-head of the 
wagons to look for guinea-fowl, small buck, or anything I 
could find, and at last got amongst a succession of ridges, 
or terraces of rock, when, it beginning to get late, I tried 
to return, but it grew dark before I could find my way 
back- to the road or down the rocky slopes towards the 
point where I guessed the wagons were, and where after 
dark I could see the camp fires. I heard them firing 
guns for me all round, but knew they could not get to me 
or I to them, so after firing off a few cartridges in answer 
to their signals (which it turned out they never heard), 
and after getting together all the dead wood I could 
