have a much greater fcope, being able, I ihould fuppefe, without
any motion of the. head, to fweep from 260 to 270 degrees.
Of two varieties of this animal Mr. Daniell has made
excellent drawings, in one of which the upper horn is almoft
as large as the lower, and is pointed towards it.
Having collected the forces that had been Rationed along the
banks of the Great Fifli River, we fet out upon our return to
Algoa Bay, On approaching the Sunday River, and perceiv-
mg-thatthe Kaffers had made no preparations for departing, it
was thought advifahle to renew the meflage to their chief Congo,
In the mean time the troops and the waggons proceeded on
their march. After waiting fome time the mefl'enger .returned
-without being able to fpeak to the chief. Whatever reluctance
Congo had difcovered to quit the Ration he had taken up among
the colonifts, it never entered into our calculations that he would
be rafli and imprudent enough to commence an attack againfl a
large body of regular troops. Such, however, was the Rep he
chofe to take, at the infiigation, as we afterwards found, of fome
of the rebel boors, who had fled amongfi his people, in preference
of appearing before the General in Bruyntjes Hoogte. JuR as
we came up with the main body a Ridden alarm was raifed in
the rear. A Hottentot driver of one of the waggons was killed
by a haflagai that had been thrown at him by fome perfon
pofled in ambufli. Kaffers began to appear in great numbers
on all the heights, collecting, apparently, with a view to attack
us; and feveral were obferved clofe upon us lurking in the
buflies. Being at this awkward juncture in a narrow defile,
,choaked almoR with brufltwood, and furrounded with Kaffers,
we
we. found it neceflary to difcharge two or three rounds of grape
from two field-pieces, in order to clear the thickets.
The fituation of the country became more and'more embar-
rafling. It was a point that required fomé management to prevent
a junction between thé Kaffers, urged by the rebel boors
to this aCt of aggreffion, and the diffatisfied Hottentots, that
were every where flying from the perfecutions of their matters,
To get the latter down to the plains near Algoa Bay, asfpeedily
as poffible, was the moR adviiable meafure ; accordingly, accompanied
by a few dragoons, I took charge of the Hottentots
and their cattle, and we purfued our journey to the fouthward •
whilR the General marched back into the Ziiure Veld, in order
to pick up a. party of infantry that had been Rationed there,
with a view of cutting off a retreat of the boors into the Kaffer
country."
Whether it happened that,, in pafling through the woods, we
had picked up fome o f the cattle belonging to the Kaffers, or
that they had a defign upon thofe of the Hottentots that were
driven before us, is not certain ; but on our arrival, towards the
evening, at Zwart Kop’s River, a number of the Kaffers were
obferved-lurking among t-he flirubbery. About; the middle of
the night, the centinel, which we had placed by way of precaution,
gave the alarm of an' enemy. Upon this a ferjeant of dragoons
obferving fomethirtg move in the dark, ruihed into the
buflies, and, firing his piflol, brought a man to the ground. It
was a young well-looking Kaffer about <fix feet high. He made
great efforts to remain on his feet, but weakened by lois of
blood,