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SPORT AND WAR. 
CHAP. XV. 
there, sure enough, the Kafirs had crossed, and the 
spoor, or trace, showed plainly along the beach to the 
next river, the Wolf River, a distance of about six 
miles—the cattle had evidently been driven along here 
at a great pace. The tide being in, the sands were 
heavy,and the horses became somewhat ‘blown’ before 
we reached the Wolf River. The Kafirs must have 
been in the same plight, for after crossing its mouth 
they turned inland with the cattle, passing through 
a bush of about half a mile in extent. This bush ex¬ 
tended all along the coast, between the open downs or 
grass country and the sandhills and open beach. After 
passing through this bush the Kafirs continued east¬ 
ward along the downs, but skirting the bush ; and 
although the country was undulating it was more easy 
to drive the cattle over from being open. 
The escort-horses with the Governor being rather 
6 blown,’ I started ahead with a single orderly through 
the bush-path, and came on the spoor, or trace, of the 
cattle in the direction of the Beeka River. After gal¬ 
loping about three miles and 6 rising ’ a brow in some 
undulating ground, I came suddenly in sight of the 
Kafirs, with the cattle, about 200 yards ahead of me. 
They appeared to have no knowledge of the pursuit, 
and were driving the cattle at a sort of hand-trot. I 
immediately drew back over the brow, without the 
enemy having seen me ; and, from my recollections of a 
