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muzzle was choked with dirt. I then made for the 
wagon, and got on the box, where I found all the 
Kaffirs, who could not get inside, sticking like mon¬ 
keys, and Diza perched on the top. How he got 
there seemed to me a miracle, as he was alongside me 
when the brute charged. A minute or two after¬ 
wards, one of them marched off a goat, one of five 
that were tethered by the foot to the hut which we 
had so speedily evacuated. 
Diza, thinking he had a chance, fired from the top 
of the wagon, and the recoil knocked him backwards 
on to the tent, which broke his fall. It was a most 
ludicrous sight altogether. 
