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Beside the Hottentot Klaus, my companions on this unwelcome journey were
three of the Zulu Kaffirs, for Hans I was obliged to leave in charge of
my cattle and goods with the other men. Also, I took a pack-ox, an
active beast that I had been training to carry loads and, if necessary a
man, although as yet it was not very well broken.
All that day we marched over extremely rough country, till at last
darkness found us in a mountainous kloof, where we slept, surrounded by
watch-fires because of the lions. Next morning at the first light we
moved on again, and about ten o'clock waded through a stream to a little
natural cave, where Klaus said he had left his master. This cave seemed
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