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We remained here for more than an 
hour after the rising of the sun. It was 
possible we might see a few of our people, 
straggling towards the spot where we then 
were, and this chance detained us ; but not 
an individual was to be observed. Out of 
sixty, that composed the party, when we 
left our savage friends on the beach, thirty- 
six were so maimed and worn down by 
fatigue as to be unable to travel : these 
remained in the deserts, if not already 
destroyed, and had no hope of presei'vation 
but from our exertions. 
The guides informed us we were cer- 
tainly near a christian settlement that was 
inhabited ; the last we saw had been de- 
stroyed by the Caffrees during the war with 
the colonists ; I therefore determined to 
proceed where relief could be obtained, 
with every possible despatch. My people 
followed me with redoubled energy; the 
salvation of their companions was the in- 
centive, and that consideration banished 
every idea of danger or fatigue. 
We travelled without a single halt for 
about three hours, when one of the guides, 
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