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a mile on its stump. It halted about a hundred yards 
from our waggons to drive away the dogs who were 
teazing it. One of them was nearly caught by its 
horns, which are almost of the shape of hooks, and 
with these he is able to do great execution. He made 
a noble defence, but a shot entering his forehead, he 
gave up the contest, laid himself on the ground, and 
almost instantly expired. Two springbucks also were 
killed in the same plain. 
Two Bushmen, with much timidity, approached us 
while cutting up the knoo, to whom we made a pre- 
sent of the back bone, covered with flesh, for which 
they seemed grateful ; but while cutting it they held 
their bows and poisoned arrows in their hands, as if 
jealous of their safety among such strange visitors as 
never were seen in their part of the world before. 
About seven, P.M. we again fell in with the Mala- 
lareen, which my waggon attempting to cross, stuck 
fast in the mud, when one of the oxen falling on his 
side was so entangled he could not be raised. Fires 
being lighted up around, to enable us to see what 
obstacles opposed, discovered the opposite bank to be 
so steep that the oxen could not drag up the waggon. 
About sixteen oxen being yoked to the hinder part of 
the waggon, we were drawn backwards to the land, 
after having been an hour in the river. I was glad for 
the sake of our people who had stood long in the 
water, that there was abundance of wood to make good 
fires to warm and dry them. Had travelled S.W. 
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