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CHAPTEE V. 
1856 . 
THIRD HUNTING TRIP INTO THE ZULU COUNTRY. 
I left Mr. Eastwood’s, on Tuesday, October 7, 
on a tramping tour into the Zulu country, for 
the purpose of looking up my hunters, and taking 
them fresh ammunition. I took six Kaffirs with me, 
and while detained for four days at the Tugela, we 
were nearly starved. On going out one morning in 
search of a buffalo, I left one of my men under a tree, 
saying he was dying, but on my return with the news 
that I had shot one, he immediately revived. 
I and one of my Kaffirs did not fare so badly. 
Being unable to shoot anything, as game was w r ild 
and wary, and the bush very thick and impenetrable, 
so that we could not get on without making a noise 
and scaring the buffaloes, we swam the Tugela at 
night, and had a good feed of boiled mealies and 
milk, but were unable to bring anything across for 
the rest of the party, in consequence of the breadth 
of the river and the rapidity of the stream. 
My old horse Mouba (Sugar) strayed away, owing 
to the carelessness of the Kaffir in whose charge he 
