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offering me five splendid tusks, worth ten times as 
much as the gun. 
loth. —Boasting hot day. Took a turn in a dif¬ 
ferent direction, when I swam to a place some twenty- 
five yards wide, and laughed heartily at the faces of 
many who could not swim being towed across by 
their companions, and the convulsive, spasmodic 
efforts they made—the most abject fear being de¬ 
picted on every muscle of their countenances. Some 
of them were first-rate water-dogs, and brought my 
guns and traps over dry, which I could not have 
done myself. Oceans of good beer here yesterday: 
an old woman brought a basket of sand, laid it on 
the floor, made a large hole in the middle, and 
placed in it an immense jar of beer, which could not 
have held less than nine gallons. Another supply 
followed in the evening, in a basket made of grass, 
and perfectly watertight. 
YJth. — We mustered a strong party of fifteen, 
including the captain of the kraal, and three fellows 
to carry beer. We took oar blankets with us, and 
walked a long way without seeing anything. At last 
an old bull buffalo jumped up close to me, and I 
gave him a bullet behind the shoulder, which brought 
him on his knees ; but he soon recovered himself, 
and went off*. I sent a second ball after him, to no 
purpose. Farther on, I saw a large sea-bull lying 
asleep close inland behind some reeds, and pro¬ 
ceeded to crawl in on him ; and just as I showed 
myself, half way to my waist in water, to my 
