LARGE TROOP OP BUFFALOES. 
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Mosilikatse. Swartz and myself have killed four 
buffaloes, two rhinoceros, and one eland, wishing to 
lay in a good stock of dry meat before we come to 
elephants. We must shoot no more then, for fear 
of frightening them, as there is no knowing, when 
once alarmed, when they will stop again. There is 
no waste in the great quantity of meat we have killed, 
as the poor Masaras light great fires by each animal, 
and eat and dry the last morsel. A whole batch of 
them moved their quarters to the three rhinoceros I 
shot, which all lay pretty near together. The rest 
of the party are asleep as I sit scribbling. We out- 
span to let the oxen and horses feed and drink, before 
we go to bed, which we always do as soon as it is 
dark, for we must be up by the morning star, and 
have a cup of coffee and a biscuit before we trek. 
The Kaffirs make a kraal for the oxen every night, 
as we are afraid of lions. 
Yesterday morning we saw a large troop of nearly 
200 buffaloes. We lost no time in saddling up 
Luister and Ludovick, each bent upon shooting a fat 
cow. Old Wolf got them wind ; and being the most 
disobedient cur in the world, there was nothing for 
it but to go after him, and we had a grand hunt, 
the buffaloes tearing along through and over every¬ 
thing, causing stones and branches to fly in every 
direction, their heavy gallop making the very earth 
shake. I was above the wind, and got no dust; 
Swartz being below, was half blinded. One old 
bull chased Swartz away from the troop. I rode to 
