We Made So Many Attempts To Get Over The Sanshureh, Both To The West And East
Of The Wagon, In The Hope Of Reaching Some Of The Makololo On The Chobe,
That My Bushmen Friends Became Quite Tired Of The Work.
By means of presents
I got them to remain some days; but at last they slipped away by night,
And I was fain to take one of the strongest of my still weak companions
and cross the river in a pontoon, the gift of Captains Codrington and Webb.
We each carried some provisions and a blanket, and penetrated
about twenty miles to the westward, in the hope of striking the Chobe.
It was much nearer to us in a northerly direction, but this
we did not then know. The plain, over which we splashed
the whole of the first day, was covered with water ankle deep,
and thick grass which reached above the knees. In the evening
we came to an immense wall of reeds, six or eight feet high,
without any opening admitting of a passage. When we tried to enter,
the water always became so deep that we were fain to desist.
We concluded that we had come to the banks of the river we were in search of,
so we directed our course to some trees which appeared in the south,
in order to get a bed and a view of the adjacent locality.
Having shot a leche, and made a glorious fire, we got a good cup of tea
and had a comfortable night.
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