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RETURN OF THE HUNTERS. 
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they had made to bring us safe across the river. 
Happily there was a plentiful supply of grass for 
them. 
Some of the Matchappees and Mashows, being 
almost famished, were climbing the trees, as 
we came along, in quest of gum to satisfy their 
hunger. To add to our distress the shooters re- 
turned in the evening without having had the 
smallest success. They were out of sight of the 
waggons the whole day, and a stranger would be 
at a loss to conjecture how they readily found 
their way to us in the evening, when they could 
not be at all aware of the place where we intended 
to halt for the night. The fact is that they carefully 
looked for the marks which we made in our pro- 
gress. Should the ground be so hard that the 
waggon-wheels have made no impression, they 
then examine the bushes to discover those that 
have been bruised by the waggons. They also 
search for the footsteps of the oxen, and thus are 
able to discover the direction in which they have 
been advancing. When the wheels make a deep 
impression in the ground, of course the track is 
easily traced. Therm, at noon 62. 
8th. Being fair in the morning, although likely 
to rain some part of the day, we thought it best 
to proceed to some place where shelter from 
the storm could be obtained; Munameets had 
