EXPEDITION AGAINST MAMPOOR. 117 
ing excursions against that people. The arrows of 
the small Bushmen are composed of nine inches 
of reed, and nine inches of bone, the whole of the 
latter being covered with poison. On their way 
to Mampoor, the commando, with which Ma- 
queetze went, did not meet with any of those 
Bushmen. However, on the twelfth day after 
leaving Mampoor, on their return to Lattakoo, 
they were attacked by a party of them ; and one 
man was wounded, although not mortally. It 
occupied only two moons in going, travelling 
every day from sunrise to sunset ; and three 
moons returning, being retarded by the cattle 
they had captured. They had taken some pack- 
oxen with them to carry food, but obtained so 
little to eat upon the road, that after their provi- 
sions were exhausted, they were obliged to kill 
the oxen, and all these were consumed before 
they reached their place of destination. The 
track by which they travelled was interspersed 
with many mimosa trees from Lattakoo to Kal- 
liharry, and from thence to Mampoor they met 
with trees that were new to them, resembling 
the Kurree, or the willow. 
Many of the Kalliharry people accompanied 
them as guides on the road, and to the pools of 
water. They likewise assisted in plundering the 
natives of Mampoor. At one part of the road 
they were ten days without fending any water. 
