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yards, every bullet telling into some part of them, 
but none fell, and we had the mortification of seeing 
them all go away and make for the hills, where we 
had no chance of reaching them. 
2nd .—We got safely to the bottom of Panda’s stony 
hill, and parted company with Steele. The next 
day we struck down into a deep valley of the White 
Umveloose, in quest of large game. After some 
very hard climbing, we all returned to the wagons 
with only one eland bull. 
5 th .— Struck off the road, and made for the Slata- 
kula bush. As we were obliged to clear a way for 
the wagons, we made but slow progress. 
1th .—The Kaffirs told us there was a large herd 
of elephants within a few miles. I went in pursuit, 
accompanied by two Hottentots and two Kaffirs; 
supped on a buffalo, which some Zulu Kaffirs had 
killed, and spent a tolerably comfortable night in 
the open air, notwithstanding a few showers of rain. 
At daylight we started again, hunted without any 
encouragement, and returned to the wagons under 
the impression that the Kaffirs were humbugs. 
After cutting our way through the bush with 
great difficulty, on the 10th we came in sight of the 
Black Umveloose, when we saw three rhinoceroses, 
a herd of elands, and a herd of buffaloes from the 
wagons. The greater part of the night we were 
kept awake by lions, tigers, and wolves. Fly, 
venturing too near, was caught and severely bitten 
in the throat by a tiger, but escaped with fife. 
