10 
SPORT AND WAR. 
CHAP. III. 
with that he vanished from his horse; but as the 
stream was taking him down Bailie caught him by 
the collar of his coat and held him up by one hand, 
bringing him safe to shore. A few other men and horses 
were washed down the river, but there was no loss of 
life. We then marched on, and at daylight reached 
the top of Commetty’s hill on the Breakfast Vley 
side, and captured a drove of horses that were being 
driven out from the colony into Kafirland. Passing on 
as rapidly as the long distance would admit of, we fell 
upon and attacked the kraals occupied by the people 
of the chief Eno in the valleys near and about Buck 
Kraal. Most of the 4 warriors’ had gone into the colony ; 
enough, however, had remained behind to make a 
tolerable skirmish of it, but the men soon ‘ skedaddled ’ 
into the bush. I now come to that part of my story 
in which I wish to commemorate the devoted conduct 
of a brave girl, the daughter of the chief Eno. This 
chief was too old to take the field himself, and had 
remained with the few warriors left to protect the 
women and cattle. The troops coming so suddenly on 
his village, there was no chance of his escape except 
in the disguise of a woman ; and his daughter seeing 
this, insisted on her father changing robes with her, for 
they only possess and wear one garment each, although 
the woman’s robe is at once distinguishable from the 
man’s. On the approach of an enemy all savages, 
