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C H A P T E R VI.

M r . W elbourn had a good stock of ammunition,
and with the supply we brought it was considered that

we had sufficient to enable us to continue the journey
northward into a region where elephants abounded.

The cattle were in good condition* and, provided we
could escape the tsetse; and were not cut off by savage
enemies, we might expect to obtain full loads of tusks
Besides three Hottentot drivers and a dozen Makololo,

Mr. Welbourn was accompanied by a white hunter,
Hans Scarff, who had joined him on his way from the
coast. His appearance was not in his favour, for a

more sinister countenance I had seldom met with.
He, however, was said to be a bold hunter and a first-
rate horseman, and his assistance was therefore likely

to prove useful.
The head man of the Makololos, Toko, as he wras
called, was a fine, tall, active fellow wth an intelligent

countenance, wdio, if not handsome according to our
notion, wTas good-looking for a black, and a brave
faithful fellow. Besides the oxen to drag the waggons,
we had eight fine horses, most of them well trained

to encounter the elephant and rhinoceros, or any
other wild beasts of the forest.