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MURRAY'S KRAANTZ. 
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on the other side of this body of Kafirs ; and they were 
taken so unawares by the outflanking party that they 
had very little chance of escape; many, however, did 
get away by leaping and throwing themselves down the 
declivities of the rocks. Louis Arnoldus himself had 
got so jammed into the cleft of a rock that he could 
not extricate himself; and although his gun—a great 
elephant-gun, four to the pound—was shot to pieces, 
he himself was untouched, and he was taken prisoner 
in that helpless position. When the stronghold at the 
point was carried it appeared that O’Toole’s zeal had 
been thrown away, as every ball had struck a rock in the 
line of fire immediately round the corner. A little 
farther on, where our men met those coming from the 
north, there was a good deal of slaughter, but the 
greater number escaped down the precipice, many of 
them no doubt being killed in the descent. The 
number of cattle on the plateau above was something 
incredible. A little way tq the west there was a cattle - 
track leading down to the Governor’s camp, and a 
stream of cattle came pouring down this during the 
whole day. No less than 22,000 head of cattle were 
captured on this occasion. 
Louis Arnoldus was tried by a court-martial and 
sentenced to death, but his life was spared by the 
humane Governor, Sir B. D’Urban. Captain Murray’s 
wound was rather a bad spear-wound, and I have still 
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