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Towards evening we again moved on slowly, and as he 
appeared to travel well, I left the man to bring him 
on quietly for the last five miles, whilst I took back 
to the water the two noble animals that had gone 
through so much and such severe toil in the attempt 
made to save the others. In the evening I reached 
the camp near the water, and found the native boy 
quite safe and recruited. For the first time for 
many nights, I had the prospect of an undisturbed 
rest ; but about the middle of the night I was awoke 
by the return of the man with the woful news, that 
the last of the three horses was also dead, after 
travelling to within four miles of the water. All our 
efforts, all our exertions had been in vain; the dreadful 
nature of the country, and our unluck}^ meeting 
with the natives, had defeated the incessant toil and 
anxiety of seven days’ unremitting endeavours to 
save them ; and the expedition had sustained a loss 
of three of its best horses, an injury as severe as it 
was irreparable. 
December 9. — At day-break, this morning, I sent 
off the man to the depot at Fowler’s Bay, with orders 
to the overseer to send five fresh horses, two men, 
and a supply of provisions ; requesting Mr. Scott 
to accompany them, for the purpose of taking back 
the two tired horses we still had with us at the sand- 
hills. Upon the man’s departure, we took the two 
horses to water, and brought up ten gallons to the 
camp, where the grass was ; after which, whilst the 
horses were feeding and resting, we tried to pass 
away the day in the same manner ; the heat, how- 
