[10] I should like here to put on record my admiration for my three
companions. No man ever had better "mates." Had it not been for
Maritz's noble act in giving me his own shoes I could not possibly
have reached the sea; it was a splendid piece of self-sacrifice.
Mackenzie was our leader. His optimism and cheeriness kept heart in us
all through that weary trek, and all three of them showed the utmost
good-fellowship and pluck.--H. J. MCELNEA.