This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...the lowlands themselves, where, if the weather were not too wet, we hoped to have a little bush shooting. With these views we had loaded up four of our Kafirs--fine, strong Zulus, two of whom spoke a little Dutch--with all the necessaries we were likely to require: one carried pick, shovel, and prospecting ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...the lowlands themselves, where, if the weather were not too wet, we hoped to have a little bush shooting. With these views we had loaded up four of our Kafirs--fine, strong Zulus, two of whom spoke a little Dutch--with all the necessaries we were likely to require: one carried pick, shovel, and prospecting dish; another our rugs and a couple of spare guns, with extra ammunition; while the remaining two were loaded with other camp equipage and a supply of provisions and stores sufficient for a fortnight. For some miles we followed the course of the creek, due south-west, calling on our way for a few minutes' chat at the tents of such diggers as were working in this direction; but ere long the dongas which debouched into the creek became so deeply cut in the earth that, in order to avoid the repeated difficulties we encountered in crossing them, we had to shape our course higher up on the brow of the hill. This we continued until a distance of some ten miles brought us to a high cliff, overhanging a gorge, where the creek rushed through into another valley of considerable dimensions, at the bottom of which a stream of some size, was purling along. To descend this cliff was impossible, and our steps had to be retraced for quite a mile, in order to climb down into the gorge and make our way through the pass by the side of the water. The path was very rocky and beset with aloe bush and all sorts of thorny scrub; so that by the time we had finally cleared the pass, or poort, dusk was already beginning to set in. A thunderstorm, moreover, which had been some time threatening, now commenced its downpour, and "we found but a sorry shelter under a projecting rock, while a couple of the " boys " hunted for a dry camping-ground for the night. An hour having...
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