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AFRICAN HUNTING. 
was very steep, and lie was under full sail: a tre¬ 
mendous relief to my mind, as it was my last resort. 
I did not hazard another encounter, but mentally 
resolved, for the future, to try another country, where 
I could have the all-powerful assistance of a good 
horse in emergencies of the like kind, and have carried 
out the resolution then and there made ever since. 
23rd .—I have been doing nothing the last ten 
days but wait impatiently the report from Mosili- 
katse, which has come at last, and we are just where 
we were, as far as hunting is concerned. 
Swartz has gone himself to see this imperious 
potentate ; but, as he did not send for him, I don’t 
think Mosilikatse will see him. Bryan is dead, and 
two more oxen. We got leave from old Impugan 
to move a few miles nearer the game ; but he is 
nearly as imperious as his master. Mosilikatse sent 
orders, that if he got guns and ammunition from us, 
then they were to bring me up to head-quarters ; 
and Swartz, thinking I was going, made me a very 
kind offer to this effect, that if I got hunting for 
him, then I should have Kvelt (strength), an old 
used-up brute, with a hammer head and Boman nose, 
for 200 lbs. ivory, 60/., as he was sorry for me, and 
wanted to help me. In case we had got leave from 
Mosilikatse, the horse would have been worth double 
the money, as he ought, in good hands, to have paid 
for himself in a couple of days, and I could have 
done nothing without him. 
I went out on Saturday, early before breakfast, 
