CHAP. XVI. 
THE SURRENDER OE SANDILLI. 
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should at once be sent a prisoner to Grraham’s Town, and 
I was selected to command the escort and to take him 
thither. The escort consisted of a detachment of Cape 
Mounted Rifles and an equal number of the 7 th Dragoon 
Gruards, under Lieutenant Petre. Sandilli was allowed 
to take two followers, and we proceeded that day to Fort 
Peddie, thirty-two miles, en route to Grraham’s Town. 
Sandilli was secured in a room in the fort, and I slept 
at the door. The next morning we started at sunrise ; 
and instead of proceeding via Trumpeter’s Drift and 
through the Fish River bush, where I considered it 
possible that an ambush-party of Kafirs might attempt 
to rescue their chief, I proceeded through the open 
country to the mouth of the Fish River, which we 
crossed in a punt, and thence on that night to Cawoods 
Post, where we again halted, having ridden thirty- 
seven miles. The next day (Sunday) I reached Grra¬ 
ham’s Town at two in the afternoon, and handed 
Sandilli over a prisoner to the military authorities 
there. 
