CHAPTER VII.

FROM DUTOITSPAN TO MUSEMANYANA.

Preparation for second journey--Travelling-companions--Departure--A diamond--A lovely evening--Want of water--A conflagration--Hartebeests--An expensive draught--Gassibone’s kraal--An adventure with a cobra--A clamorous crowd--A smithy--The mission-station at Taung--Maruma--Thorny places--Cheap diamonds--Pelted by baboons--Reception at Musemanyana 216