ch about my hunger."

"You'll not be so indifferent about food before long, let me tell you,"
observed Denis. "You'll then feel that you'd rather bring down a
springboc, or gnu, or any other animal we may come across, than see the
waggon moving ever so merrily along. I know what it is to be starving,
and to feel that one's life depends on bringing down the game one is
chasing. Come, move on! we will keep our eyes about us on the chance of
finding something to shoot. When the sun gets lower, we will look out
for a clump of trees or bushes which will shelter our camp from the
night wind, and give us fuel for our fire."

"I would rather find a stream or water hole," said Percy.

"So would I, provided we could afterwards get something to eat and fuel
to cook it; but if not, we must make the best of circumstances. Many
people have been in a worse situation than we are, so don't let us begin
to complain yet," said Denis.

His indomitable spirits encouraged Percy, and they trudged on in the
direction they were before going, looking eagerly about them, both for
signs of water and for any animal which might appear near enough to give
them a chance of shooting it. Denis was sure that Hendricks, should he
find water, would at once set off on horseback in search of them in the
direction he had desired them to take, and by his experience would
quickly come upon their spoor and follow them up, or if he could not
come himself, that he would send Umgolo. They were, of course, very
sorry for the loss of poor Gozo, who would have been of great assistance
both in obtaining food and searching for water, if any existed in the
neighbourhood. Meantime the sun was sinking lower and lower, but
neither game nor signs of water had they discovered. In vain Raff and
Fangs ranged widely on either side of them, as eager as they were to
find it.

Some way to the left there appeared a wood. The trees were not very
high, but they would afford them the shelter and fuel they required, and
Denis proposed that they should make towards them.

"It cannot be helped; we shall have to go without our suppers, I fear;
but we must hope to find something for breakfast," said Denis.

Percy groaned. He had become, as Denis guessed he would, very hungry,
and the lower limb of the sun had almost reached the horizon. They knew
that soon after it had set darkness would come on, when it would be
difficult to select a suitable spot for camping, or obtain