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£ replied, “I bolievo she would listen, but tho difficulty i* 
to get to her.” “Woll, I shall roach hor,” oxprcssod hi* 
final determination. Othors explained tho difficulties more 
fully, but nothing could shako his resolution. When he 
reached Bloomfontoin ho found tho English army just re- 
turning from a battlo with tho Basutos, in which both 
parties claimed tho victory, and both wero glad that a 
second engagement was not tried. Our officers invitod 
Secholo to dine with them, hoard his story, and collected 
a handsome sum of monoy to enable him to pursuo his 
journey to England. Tho commander refrained from no- 
ticing him, as a single word in favor of tho restoration of 
the children of Sochclo would have been a virtual confes- 
sion of tho failure of his own policy at tho very outset. 
Sechole proceeded as far as the Capo ; but, his resources 
being there oxpended, he was obliged to return to his own 
country, one thousand milos distant, without accomplishing 
tho obj*ct of his journey. 
On his return ho adopted a mode of punishment which 
ho had soon in tho colony, namely, making criminals work 
on tho public roads. And ho has since, I am informed, 
made himself tho missionary to his own people. Ho is tall, 
rather corpulent, and has moro of tho negro feature than 
common, but has largo eyes. TIo is vory dark, and his poo- 
plo swear by “ Black Scchcle.” Ho has great intelligence, 
reads well, and is a fluent speaker. Groat numbers of the 
tribes formerly living un’dcr the Boers havo taken rofugo 
under his sway, and he is now greater in power than ho 
was before tho attack on Kolobong. 
Having parted with Sccholo, wo skirted along tho Kala- 
hari Desert, and sometimes within its borders, giving the 
Boers a wide berth. A larger fall of rain than usual had 
occurred in 1852, and that was tho completion of a cycle 
of eleven or twelve years, at which tho same pbononionon 
is reported to havo happened on threo occasions. -An no 
usually largo crop of melons had appeared in consequence 
We had the pleasure of mooting with Mr. J. Macabo return- 
