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a young calf charged me ferociously in the bush, down 
a steep hill. I stood my ground, as I had no time to 
run away, and gave her a bullet high up in the near 
fore shoulder, as she came within about ten yards of 
me. I then made a spring on one side, and she crashed 
past me, almost grazing my breast. With my second 
barrel I rolled her head over heels, not more than 
three lengths from me. She soon regained her legs, 
turned and made up the hill, trying to get at my 
gun-carrier, who was up a tree, just out of her reach. 
I was behind another tree close to her, but she did 
not see me, and I kept as still as a mouse. She then 
hobbled away down the hill mortally wounded, and 
I finished her off with a third ball. 
July 22 nd .—We crossed the Black Umveloose, and 
on the following day the Inyoni. At the kraal which 
we visited, the Kaffirs were all very inquisitive to know 
how I came by the wagon and oxen, as last year, 
when I had spent some time there, I had not even a 
Kaffir in my service, and I had increased 500 per 
cent, evidently in their estimation, as they despise a 
poor man as much as they respect a rich one, to whom 
they are very fawning and servile. 
29th .— I got three letters from home and a Natal 
newspaper, and by their help and that of my driver, 
who recollected the days of the week, I corrected 
my reckoning, which had been two days out. 
August 1st .—We were ploughing our way through 
long, heavy wet grass and scrubby thorn trees, when 
an old rhinoceros cow got up slowly from behind a 
