25 
pans; 400-lbs. of flour, 150-lbs. of sugar, 56-lbs. of coffee, 
150-lbs. of lead, a lot of shot (various sizes), several jars 
of jam, a keg of treacle, preserved soups and vegetables, 
2 gallons of lime-juice (wbich. proved a pleasant drink 
in the hot weather), 2 gallons of vinegar, salt, &c.; 50-lbs. 
of coarse powder, at Is. 7d, per lb., and 20-lbs. of fine 
gunpowder, at 35. 6d. per lb. ; but the cheaper turned out 
quite good enough for all purposes. We had mattresses 
to sleep on, pillows and sheets for our bed, as E. declared 
she couldn 't sleep between blankets. 
Our first night in the wagons rather strange, but we 
managed to make ourselves comfortable, and soon got 
used to the life ; Kemp already making himself very 
useful, and acting as cook, which post he continued to fill 
for the rest of the trip, besides acting in various other 
capacities. The next day I went back with Dubois into 
the town, to try and get some Caffres to go with us as far 
as Greytown, a place about fifty miles off through which 
we had to pass, and where we were more likely to get some 
permanent servants. After some trouble we got four 
fellows to go so far for 5s. a-piece, and these, with a queer 
little old fellow who arrived at our camp this morning, 
enabled us to move on again. This latter individual 
remained with us all through the trip, and turned out a 
great character. He had come out of the country to which 
we were going, about three years before with Erskine, who 
had happened to see him working at a sugar mill in 
Durban, and, finding he was anxious to go back and see 
his wife and friends, sent him after us. He was supposed 
to be a swell, a near relation of a chief in his own country, 
and a queer piece of royalty he made ; as ugly as sin, 
strongly marked with the small-pox, got up in an extra- 
ordinary rig, and withal very comical in appearance. He 
was told off to fetch water, mind the fire, wash up, and 
generally assist Kemp, who, unable to master the click in 
