CHAP. XXI. 
THE GRAND BATTUE. 
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our game. The Zulus reached Durban before we did 
the next day, and we found the meat on board. 
On September 5 His Royal Highness left Pietermau- 
ritzberg, and the same day re-embarked on board his ship 
at the port of Durban, in Natal, making exactly thirty 
days since we all left the ship at Port Elizabeth, during 
which time Prince Alfred must have ridden (including 
the hunting) nearly 1,500 miles. At Durban there 
were the same demonstrations which had characterised 
his reception by all Her Majesty’s subjects in South 
Africa. We were not sorry to get on board after our 
long 4 trek.’ 
I must not forget to mention that Mr. Yorke, of 
Cape Town, also accompanied His Royal Highness as 
an amateur photographer. He started with us overland 
with a cart and four horses, carrying all his parapher¬ 
nalia in it; and I am indebted to him for some of the 
photographs from which the illustrations are made in 
this volume. It is wonderful how he kept up with us, 
for Currie and myself had several times to purchase 
fresh mules here and there to replace some left behind, 
and we had only on one or two occasions to help 
Mr. Yorke to get along. 
On September 6 we were bowling along in the good 
ship 4 Euryalus ’ at twelve knots. The Prince had 
laid aside his Princeship, and was again the midship¬ 
man on board. We landsmen were paying tribute to 
