'frreparcci for t-he wo-rft tliat could fc'a|Tp€i-i. 
-Out watch was fet as formerly ; but the 
Caffrees hUiddiiBg together, were fbon loft 
.jleep.. This place, however, cjifmal in its 
-appcararite, afterded us .t-oierabk fhelter for 
tbc night ; we .Were no, longer troubled 
with clouds of fend, apd the ie^cilties. of 
ntlie wind-^Dd cold were mitigated by tbe 
Iriendly ihade .afibrded us by the 'trees. 
l¥e were roufed by the fiwages as the fun 
:appeared5 aud we departed' fro'm this fuppof- 
cd Golgotha in tolerable Ipirits, We had, 
however, coniumed the laft pouria of our 
bullock before we left the land-liills, and our 
party began to dread an approaching famine. 
I mentioned the diftreis of my people to 
ihe Chief, and he proinii^d to. relieve us. 
We had journeyed biU: a few miles when the 
Cafirees told u:^ we muft remain where wc 
were that night. \¥e accordingly fet to 
work to procure fire-wood, and had fcarce- 
ly completed this ncceffary buiinefs, when 
the Cldcf prefentcd us with another hidlocL 
It was foon difpatched, ikinned, cut into 
pieces of about four pounds each, and we 
then proceeded to dr^fs them as provifiou 
for our journey. This wa^s a bufinefs of fo 
much importance, that moft of the day was 
fpent in accompliihing it. 
The night pafTed with lefs apprenenfion 
than before, and when the m.orning came, 
we prepared for our departure. 
