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52 our quiet was again diturbed by the nocturnal invaion of the jackals that infet this country, ferocious animals not unlike the European fox; they flocked into our camp in the ilent midnight hour, carried off a great part of the poultry, and uch young children as they could come at it was in vain to purue them; we were obliged to endure our loes with patience.

Having dipatched the proper people to upply the markets, we left Fulwherea early on the eighth morning after our arrival, and proceeded on our march towards Chrimnaa which lay about ninety miles farther off. We reached Turwherea, on the firt day's march, where