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This afforded me great pleasure, for as we had no dogs to run 
down and secure any one that might have had a leg broken, or been 
otherwise hurt, it must have given pain to any feeling mind to 
knows that the poor animal was lamed, and grievously suffering, 
without benefit to us, and Avould most likely be made the prey of 
some cruel, ravenous beast. Could we have obtained one of them 
for our subsistence, the killing of it would have been excusable. 
The shot fired contributed, though not to our gain, yet to our 
pleasure, for it set them in motion, and the swiftness and elegance 
of their movements were well worth observing. Nor did we 
fail altogether, for Brother Schmitt brought down a wild peahen, 
which increased our stock of provisions. It was a beautiful bird, 
though not equal to the cock in brilliancy of colour, being chiefly of 
a brownish grey and black. 
At night, we arrived at Cornelius Engelbrecht's farm. The 
old man was not at home, and the family, consisting of seve- 
ral young men and women, hardly bid us welcome, but suffered us 
t o put up our tent on their dirty werft. We placed it between the 
^ aggons, and after a dish of coffee, went to rest, intending to set out 
as early as possible in the morning. About one o'clock, I was wak- 
ed by a snuffling and bellowing noise close to the tent. In a short 
time all were roused from sleep, by the frightful roar of a bull, 
w hich, having broke out of the kraal, was parading up and down 
the werft. Sister Schmitt rising and looking out, saw him coming 
straight towards us. He pushed on between the waggon and tent, 
and had his feet got entangled in the tent-ropes, the overthrow 
of our dormitory, and perhaps worse mischief, might have been 
the consequence. The whole place was soon in an uproar. All the 
oxen in the kraal, availing themselves of the breach made by 
the bull, went off full trot into the wilderness. Our oxen did not 
stay behind. All the young men were up, shouting and halloo- 
ing, calling the slaves, and, as the whole herd rushed with great 
impetuosity by the tent, they had the kindness to order them to be 
kept off, lest we should be overrun. The sheep and goats in an 
