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AFRICAN HUNTING. 
have sold an old screw to Sechele for nine very large 
powerful trek-oxen, worth 50Z. We have charming 
weather, good food, plenty of exercise and employ¬ 
ment, lots of change of scene, and are all in rude 
health. We had a delightful rain two days ago, which 
freshened up everything; and although to-morrow 
night we must bid adieu to water for two whole 
days and nights, travelling three parts of the time, 
still I do not anticipate any great hardship for the 
oxen, as the country is good, the weather cool, and 
the wagons not very heavy. To-morrow (Monday) I 
hope to get a giraffe or an eland, and lay in a good 
stock of flesh before reaching the thirst-land, as we 
cannot work the horses there, on account of the 
want of water. 
The wagons are, to all appearance, as good as the 
day they left Natal, and I have put a new buik-plank 
and lear-booms on my old one, and freighted her 
with meal and mealies for the horses and Kaffirs, and 
she will, I think, hold for another journey. The far- 
famed Kleinboy, of Gordon Cumming renown, forms 
one of my retinue. He is a most amusing dog, 
though incorrigibly lazy; of no use, except as an 
after-rider, though he talks largely of his hunting 
exploits, and wants me to pay him so much for 
an elephant’s head, instead of by the month, which I 
have agreed to do. I have another old Bastard — 
Kaffeta — a really good elephant-hunter, I believe. 
My old Kaffirs, Matakitakit and Inyous, and Fanga 
also, are still with me, and I value them highly, and 
