Notes on South African Hunting, 65 
The sad history of the Pack. 
for it would be quite a chance if they had not 
seen the pack. Now six Kaffirs placed among 
2lb. of biscuit, a little coffee and cocoa, and 
two kit bags, means that in ten minutes the 
Kaffirs remain, but the edible factor becomes 
eliminated, and that by nightfall six Kaffirs 
dressed in blankets would be thirty miles 
farther on the road and going strong. Next 
morning I started to walk on with the boys so 
that there should be no chance of passing the 
pack, leaving Ayton to follow with the horses 
when they had drunk. After a longish walk 
we got to the place, and found a few ground 
nuts and a fresh fire ! There was now nothing 
for it but to wait for the horses and then ride 
on to recapture our blankets—for the victuals 
I entertained but small hopes; so, sending 
Mr. Blockley’s boys off on the spoor of the pack 
horse—which by-the-way we had found leading 
directly away from any water—and my own 
boys on along the road, I sat down to smoke 
the pipe of remorse and wait for the horses. 
I waited and waited, but no horses appeared, 
till at last I got uneasy, and was just going 
back to see what had happened when they 
