Diary of a tour in South Africa . h our guns, and shot two or three koorhaan before the darkness8 1 lo Diary of a Tour in South Africa. came on, again spending the night at ouranchorage in Buurman s Drift. May 9. Notwithstanding a rather threatening lookingmorning, Major Cowan came over for us witha couple of carts, each drawn by four goodmules, and to-day we have driven fully thirtymiles over more or less trackless veldt. Duringthe morning, we fell in with an old Kaffir chief(converted), named Elias, and another ratherragged individual who we concluded might behis private secretary. The chief
Diary of a tour in South Africa . h our guns, and shot two or three koorhaan before the darkness8 1 lo Diary of a Tour in South Africa. came on, again spending the night at ouranchorage in Buurman s Drift. May 9. Notwithstanding a rather threatening lookingmorning, Major Cowan came over for us witha couple of carts, each drawn by four goodmules, and to-day we have driven fully thirtymiles over more or less trackless veldt. Duringthe morning, we fell in with an old Kaffir chief(converted), named Elias, and another ratherragged individual who we concluded might behis private secretary. The chief had a gun,and they were both mounted on quite decentponies. They stuck to our party valiantly tilllunch time! having probably scented tit bitsfrom afar. We did not understand a word theysaid, but gathered from the Major that theyintended to shoot a big paauw for us, if theywere presented with some cartridges. I maysay in passing they got a supply of cartridges. SHOOTING PARTY, NEAR MAFEKING. .ifAVAA\K\k *AKAVL :r\^\. oo\\^ ?jj.
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