. Lake Ngami, or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa . ell-behaved man. He had been, it is true, in the habitof getting drunk, but, once out of the Cape, he proved him-self a hard-working, honest, and faithful fellow, and has neversince left my service. Finding that a Mr. Reid,whose acquaintance I had madein Great Namaqua-land, andwho had been very kind and at-tentive to me when I was laidup by fever, was about to un-dertake a trading excursion toWalfisch Bay, I gladly availedmyself of the opportunity thusafforded of dividing between
. Lake Ngami, or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa . ell-behaved man. He had been, it is true, in the habitof getting drunk, but, once out of the Cape, he proved him-self a hard-working, honest, and faithful fellow, and has neversince left my service. Finding that a Mr. Reid,whose acquaintance I had madein Great Namaqua-land, andwho had been very kind and at-tentive to me when I was laidup by fever, was about to un-dertake a trading excursion toWalfisch Bay, I gladly availedmyself of the opportunity thusafforded of dividing between usthe expenses of a vessel; a con-^ siderable sum was accordinglyS saved to me. At last, after many difficul-ties and delays, we were ready;and on the sixteenth of January,having embarked in the schoon-er Flying Fish, we unfurled oursails and bade farewell to Cape-Town, where, during a second stay, I enjoyed much kindnessand hospitality. flfl * The above wood-cut is a portrait of a negro youth bom and bredat the Cape. He has been jobbing, and is returning home with thevarious articles intrusted to his NE6B0-B0Y. ARRIVE AT WALPISCH BAY—-THE NAMAQUA. 339 CHAPTER ;xx:pii. , , Arrival atWalfisch Bay.—-Atrocities of the Naitiaqtias.—Mr. Halm:—His Philanthropy. — Author departs for Richterfeldt. — Shoots aLion.—Lions unusually numerous.—Piets Performances with Li-ons.—The Lion a Church-goer.—Barmen.—Eikhams.—Kamapyusmad Doings and Consequences thereof.—Kamapyu is wounded byother Shafts than Cupids.—Author visits Cornelius ; here he meetsAmral and a party of Griqua Elephant-hunters.—^Reach Rehoboth.—Tans Mountain.—Copper Ore.—Jonathan Afrika.—A Lion supson a Goat.—A Lion besieges the Cattle. We had an excellent run to Walfisch Bay, and reached iton the 23d of the month in which we left the Cape. In theafternoon I landed the horses, but very nearly lost the halter having slipped off his head, he was makingstraight for the sea, a
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