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while. They knew, however, that they would ulti¬ 
mately get the lion’s share of the meat, as it was 
utterly impossible that our party, though twenty 
strong at least, could carry the whole of the meat of 
six buffaloes, especially on such ground—a tremen¬ 
dously steep, stony hill, some four miles from camp — 
and at night they could take all with impunity. 
White, however, kept watch till the choicest parts, 
the tongues, &c. were secured. We got back about 
12 o’clock, and drank a great quantity of tea and 
coffee, and breakfasted on buffalo kidneys — a great 
luxury— a few quails, and a dikkop (thickhead), the 
daintiest bird in the colony, fully equal to woodcock. 
The poor dogs, too, came in for their share, and had 
as much as ever they could cram into them. 
On the afternoon of the 12th we crossed the 
Umveloose, and outspanned within a mile of Ned- 
wingu, Panda’s kraal, which we rode up to see on 
the following morning. It is fully two and a half 
miles round, and contains nearly 2,000 huts. We 
did not see his sable majesty, but were honoured by 
drinking a calabash of tchualla with his prime 
minister Likwazi, through whom we sent presents 
of beads and blankets to Panda. 
The next few days were wet and raw, and all 
hands were busy making and repairing velt shoes. 
One afternoon we were coming well on a fine herd 
of buffaloes sleeping, when a Kaffir hit my unfor¬ 
tunate dog Hopeful with a stone. The dog, who 
was more dead than alive from the effects of the 
