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worsliip any kind of God, either visible or invisible ; but 
tbey are very superstitious about sorcery and medicine, 
the doctors being a body of men beld in great respect. 
Often upon the death of a big chief, a number of these 
sorcerers, supposed to have been instrumental in killing 
him by their evil influences, are put to death. 
September 6th. Wrote letters all day and sent off a 
Caffre in the evening to post them in Leydenburg, and 
bring out any that might have arrived there during our 
absence. A great change in the temperature from what 
we had been in lately, the air being so much fresher and 
cooler, and a slight frost at night. The Caffres bring in 
heaps of eggs and chickens, and we are able to get milk 
and butter from the neighbouring Dutchman. 
September 7th. Sundae/. We have not succeeded in 
getting any more Caffres to act as forelopers, and replace 
those that ran away from us at Leydenburg, so the two 
men that old ^^Slangey" got from his kraal, and who are 
going back with us to Natal, are to lead the oxen till we 
can pick up a Caffre that is used to the work. The oxen 
were all brought up this evening, and tied up to the yokes 
preparatory to a start to-morrow, and they were rather 
wild and troublesome after their long rest. As we had no 
animal for E. to ride, and no cart for her to sit in, we 
turned Woodroffe's old den in the front of the wagon into 
our sitting room, and found it so much pleasanter and 
easier sitting in the front part of the wagon than the back, 
as the jolting was so much less; and with a stretcher laid 
athwart the wagon with a mattress on it, we made our- 
selves very comfortable. Next morning we inspanned, 
and crossing the Umhlazingwan we took the Leydenburg 
track, but had not gone far before smash went the dessel- 
boom of the second wagon, so we had to outspan again 
till it could be replaced or repaired. Dubois rode off in 
search of assistance, and two young Dutchmen most kindly 
