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and camped at 4-0 in the afternoon near where I shot the 
first waterbuck. Poor old ^^Jack" succumbed at last; 
just before we crossed the river he laid down, and though 
Kemp and the small boy waited a long time with him and 
tried to get him up it was all in vain, and they had to 
leave him for the night. La Mule shot an impala. My 
feet much worse to-day, and swollen to almost double 
their size, and still festering : could not move after getting 
into camp. E. has walked marvellously well for her, and 
is good for another day or two, if her boots will only last. 
We hope, if all goes well, to reach the foot of the pass 
to-morrow. The Caffres caught us some fish in the river, 
a kind of barbel, but with flat heads ; some of them run 
to a very large size. The natives declined to eat them, 
though we found them a pleasant change from the ever- 
lasting meat. 
Septemher 3rd. Sent La Mule back early to see if 
Jack " was alive, but he found him lying where we had 
left him quite dead. Poor fellow ! we were all so sorry to 
leave him behind after his carrying E. so well, and 
struggling on within two days of the wagons. I had 
hoped we might have got him back to Natal, and left him 
to enjoy an easy existence at Woodroffe's farm; but it was 
no use wishing, so we put E.'s side-saddle on a Cafire's 
head and started off again, on, as it turned out, our last 
day's walk below the Berg. We had the comfort of a 
track again, and tolerably smooth ground to walk over ; 
but it was very hot, and E. found the sun excessively 
trying. We passed the remains of the unfortunate cart 
where we had left it ; and saying good-bye to our old 
friend the Oliphant, who had proved most useful as a 
guide and water supply, we entered into the thick bush at 
the foot of the pass, and went on till we came to a ravine 
with a stream running down it, where we camped for the 
night — a cool and shady spot, though scarcely enough 
