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mined to send on two of my men to bring me my 
j>ony Billy. It was a walk of about eight days to 
the bay, and my original Kaffir was in great fear of 
the Zulus, and begged a shirt of me to disguise him 
a little, as then, he said, they would know that he 
was a white man’s Kaffir, and would not molest him. 
I could ill spare it, having only two, but I could not 
prevail on him to start without. 
While waiting for their return, three mounted 
Dutchmen rode up to me one day, and kindly 
offered to sell me an old broken-down horse, worth 
about 6/., for 400 dollars (about 301.). I declined 
their obliging offer, whereat they all rode off again. 
13 th .—Beached Makite’s kraal, where I found the 
ivory of nine elephants, shot by my two hunters, buried 
in the cattle-kraal, as they had told me; but, before 
giving it up, the captain, in whose charge it was left, 
made my fellows point out where it was buried, to 
show that we were the rightful owners, which my 
fellows were luckily able to do, having been told 
beforehand by the hunters who buried it. 
On the 15th, I heard of poor Harris’s untimely 
death. Poor fellow ! we had agreed to go together 
the following year to Mosilikatse’s country. 
20 th. — Started my indoda (old man) off to the 
Umslatoose, to look after Billy and the Kaffir, and 
bring them on here. Paid a visit to a friend trading 
at Umlandillas, and, on comparing notes, found I 
was two days behind-hand in my dates, and can 
only account for it by supposing I must have been 
