ings have their home here.
You might meet an occasional "klipspringer" (an antelope in habits and
appearance somewhat like the chamois), a wandering troop of baboons,
and now and then a herd of eland in the more grassy areas. There are
said to be a few Bushmen still haunting the caves, but they are seldom
or never seen.

In the afternoon, the sun shone into the gorge in which the travelers
were resting, and for a few hours the heat was very oppressive. Whitson
examined his revolver, removing the cartridges and replacing them by
others. He then lay down to sleep, asking Langley to remain awake and
keep a lookout. He had a vague feeling of un-easiness which he could
not overcome. Langley promised to keep awake, but he was too tired to
do so. He sat with his back against a rock, and after some futile
efforts to keep his eyes open, fell fast asleep. By and by Ghamba woke
him gently, and, pointing to Whitson, whose revolver lay in the leather
case close to his hand, whispered;

"Did he not tell you to keep awake?"

Langley was grateful for this evidence of consideration, but he could
not quite make out how Ghamba had been able to understand what Whitson
had said. However, when the latter awoke, Langley said nothing to him
about having disobeyed instructions.

Ghamba said that about two hours' walk would now bring them to
Umhlonhlo's cave, so they started off briskly at dusk. Their course now
led for some distance along a mountain ledge covered with wild bamboo,
through which the pathway wound. Then they crossed a sleep saddle
between two enormous peaks, after which they plunged into another deep
and winding gorge. This they followed until they reached a part where
it was so narrow that the sides seemed almost to touch over their
heads. Beyond, the cliffs fell apart, and then apparently curved
towards each other again, thus forming an immense amphitheatre. At the
entrance to this Ghamba stopped, and said in a whisper that they were
now close to the cave.

They now held a consultation, in terms of which it was decided that
Ghamba should go forward and reconnoiter. So Whitson and Langley sat
down close together and waited, conversing in low tones.

Whitson felt very uneasy, but Langley tried to argue him out of his
fears. The more Whitson saw of Ghamba, the more he disliked and
distrusted him and his teeth. The instinct which detects danger in the
absence of any apparent evidence of its existence is a faculty
developed