CHAPTER X

Prospectors start for Swaziland--Rumors as to their fate--MacLean and I

decide to follow them--Precautions against lions--The Crocodile River--The

Boer and the pessimist--Game and honey--Crocodiles--Difficulties in

crossing the river--MacLean nearly drowned in the rapids--I go on alone

First sight of De Kaap--A labyrinth of dongas--I reach Swaziland--Baboons

On the trail of the prospectors--The mystery solved--'Ntshindeen's Kraal

Swazi hospitality--How I became celebrated--A popular show--Repairing guns

Character of the Swazis--Contempt for money and love of salt--Prospecting

My welcome outstayed--A dangerous crisis--Return to the Crocodile River

The rhinoceros--Our bearers decamp--We abandon our goods--Attacked by

fever--Terror of partridges--Arrival at Mac Mac.

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