SICOMO PLEASED. 
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can trust them entirely. Ingunya, alias Mickey, a 
sad lazy, independent dog ; Sconyan, a refugee, a 
worthless, quarrelsome hound ; and Incomo, a really 
good, useful, handy fellow, who followed my fortunes 
from the Lake last year, compose my lot of Kaffirs. 
Old Tebe, a horse-tenter, a willing, trustworthy old 
slave, joined forces yesterday ; and Dirk Baffler, an 
excellent driver, but otherwise utterly useless. Aling- 
ton and Woodcock each have a slave : these, with a 
couple of hangers-on, who do nothing, compose our 
troop of attendants. 
27 th. — Sicomo's State. — Nothing particular to 
record, with the exception of the death of three 
horses — Mowba, Klinkfoot, and Little Fanny. I 
grieved much for the last; she was never beaten 
in Natal at any pace, and her last exploit, the day 
before her death, was being in at the death of a 
fine cow gemsbok, or oryx, the fastest antelope in 
the country. We have bagged three giraffes, two 
gemsbok, three elands, and a fair lot of roybuck, 
since leaving Sechele’s, where the lung-sickness broke 
out amongst my oxen. I immediately shot the first 
one which fell sick, and inoculated all the rest, and 
we have had no more deaths at present. 
I have made Sicomo some presents, and expect 
him down at the wagons immediately. He throws 
no difficulty whatever in my path, is much pleased 
that I came to see him, and says he will be my 
friend, and render me every assistance. I had hoped 
to get a horse from him, but am disappointed in this 
