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scolded him most vehemently when he turned up. I 
thought the men would never find him alive again. These 
two fellows from below the Berg feel the cold dreadfully, 
and not being sufficiently clad were almost useless, so we 
had to rig them up in some of our old clothes, to enable 
them to do their work. 
October 12tli, Sunday, Wet morning again. Every 
day now being of importance for catching the steamer, 
we broke through our rule and trekked on, especially as 
it was such wretched work living in the wagons in the 
rainy season. Crossed Mooi river, where there are a few 
houses and a church. A considerable number of people 
were assembled here, having come in from far and wide 
to attend the service, Dr. Macrorie having been advertised 
to preach at the village church. Next day was E.'s birth- 
day. A wet and windy night ; and, in fact, it is rather 
miserable and forlorn travelling under present circum- 
stances. The whole country round is now clothed with a 
most lovely green covering, so different to the everlasting 
black burnt ground we have been used to for so long; and 
the wagons are literally swarming along the road. In the 
afternoon the sun appeared, and enabled us to dry our 
things again. 
October l^th. Our last day of wagon life. We crossed 
the Umgeni river before breakfast, just above some very 
fine falls, which must be really grand when the river is 
full. They are said to be 350 feet in height, falling down 
into a natural well formed by a circle of rocks, with a 
small outlet in the lower wall. We got some milk near 
here, the first we had tasted since Newcastle, and yet we 
have passed plenty of farms and numerous herds of cattle. 
We then made a short trek in the middle of the day, and 
being within a short distance of Pieter-Maritzburg, I rode 
on a-head to get the letters and make arrangements about 
rooms, &c. It seemed quite odd to put on a collar and 
