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barbel, and shot a very fine bull; towed him within 
one mile of camp, and had to leave him on account 
of a strong wind and sea running against us. 
28th .—Had great sport at the mouth of the Inyelas. 
Arbuthnot and Monies each shot two, myself four; 
saw upwards of forty altogether. We sailed down 
upon them fast, keeping the boat exactly trim, that 
we might shoot steadily; suddenly lowered the sail 
(a piece of blue calico) flat, and the sea-cows showed 
capital heads, being very curious to know what on 
earth was coming down upon them like that. We 
shot well that day, and Price managed the boat to 
admiration ; and not the least amusing thing was 
seeing scores of Kaffirs going in to bring them out. 
The water at the head of the bay being shallow, they 
take hold of each other’s hands, shouting for their 
