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But, as I bad always believed that, if wo servo God at all, 
it ought to bo dono in a manly way, l wroto to my 
brother, commending our little girl to his care, as 1 was 
dotorminod to “ succeed or porish” in tho attempt to open 
up this part of Africa. Tho Boors, by taking possession 
of all my goods, had saved mo tho trouble of making a 
will ; and, considering tho light heart now loft in my 
oosom, and some faint efforts to perform tho duty of Chris- 
tian forgiven oss,"! folt that it was bettor to be tho plun- 
dered party than ono of tho plunderors. 
When I committed tho wagon and remaining goods to 
the caro of tho Makololo, they took all tho articles oxccpt 
ono box into their huts; and two warriors — Ponuano and 
Mahale — brought forward each a fino heifer-calf. After 
performing a numbor of warlike evolutions, thoy asked 
tho chief to witness the agreement mado between thorn, 
that whoovor of tho two should kill a Matebelo warrior 
first, in defence of tho wagon, should possess both tho 
calves. 
I had throo muskets for my people, a riflo and a doublo- 
barrolled smooth-bore for mysolf; and, having seen such 
groat abundance of game in my visit to tho Lcoba, 1 
imagined that I could easily supply tho wants of my 
party Wishing also to avoid tho discouragcmont which 
would naturally bo felt on mooting any obstacles if my 
companions wero obliged to carry heavy loads, I took only 
a few biscuits, a fow pounds of tea and sugar, and about 
twenty of coffee, which, as tho Arabs find, though usod 
without cither milk or sugar, is a most refreshing boverago 
after fatigue or exposure to tho sun. Wo carried one small 
tin canister, about fifteen inchos square, filled with spare 
shining, trousers, and shoes, to bo used when wo reached 
civilized life, and others in a bag, which wero expected tc 
wear out on tho way; another of tho samo size for modi- 
ainos; and a third for books, my stock being a Nautical 
Almanac, Thomson’s Logarithm Tables, and a Bible; a 
fourth box contained a manic lantern, which we found of 
