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SPORT AND WAR. 
CHAP. XXI. 
against the Colony in the last war. The Royal clemency 
was graciously extended to such of them as were not 
deserters from the Cape Mounted Rifles or leaders in 
the rebellion. 
On the 17th we travelled above fifty miles, and 
halted for the night at a farm-house, having had 
one 4 off saddle ’ at a mission station under the Hanglip 
Mountain, where the school natives were assembled 
and sang a hymn. 
On the 18th we reached Burgher’s Dorp, a Dutch 
village, in a rich sheep-farming district under the 
Sneuw Berg, and put up at Mr. Mosenth all’s hospitable 
dwelling. 
On the 19th we again moved on, and that night 
reached Aliwal North, situated on the banks of the 
Orange River, which is the boundary of the colony of 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
Up to this point the military authorities had ren¬ 
dered every assistance to the Royal progress. Mule- 
wagons and camp equipage had been furnished; 
Cavalry escorts from the Cape Mounted Rifles had been 
detailed, and troop-horses provided to ride. Mr. Com¬ 
missary Hall had charge of the transport, and Lieut. 
Wyatt commanded the escort; while I, as Deputy 
Quartermaster-General, carried out the General’s in¬ 
structions generally. 
Sir Walter Currie and myself had been especially 
