A KAFFIR HUNT. 
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furious onset on her, which gave me time to load 
again and change my position. The poor brute was 
evidently severely wounded, and again lay down. I 
had two more shots at him, but he was so tough that 
it was not before the fifth shot that he was dead, and 
then the Kaffirs reappeared. 
17th .—'Clifton lent me a horse, and I rode over to 
see the other party, having heard that they were at 
a kraal only a few miles off. Edmonstone had been 
at a great Kaffir hunt, at which all the natives far and 
near turned out. They were delighted with their sport. 
One Kaffir, however, got a bullet through his foot, 
and as Edmonstone got the credit of it, he was obliged 
to give a cotton blanket worth 3s. by way of com¬ 
pensation. I returned the next day in time for four 
days of regular deluge, which we spent inside the 
tent, killing time as best we could with books, &c. 
I waded entirely through the 4 Soldier of Fortune.’ 
23rd .—Breakfasted on chocolate and dry bread, 
having eaten all our fresh meat during the four days’ 
rain. As the larder was empty we sallied out and 
had a hard day’s work over a great extent of country, 
returning home well laden, long after sunset, having 
bagged two cow-buffaloes and a bush-pig. 
26th .—Fifteen Zulus came down to our camp to¬ 
day, and I turned out to shoot them some meat. We 
travelled a long way without seeing anything, but 
my perseverance was at length rewarded by the sight 
of a troop of buffaloes a long way off. We executed 
a very scientific stalk, and I bowled over a young, 
