were both
occupied in looking round the horizon for some signs of a vessel, and
the latter was therefore startled by hearing one of the Zulus in a loud
voice exclaim "_Amanzi_!"

"Water!" shouted Hans; "where?"

"There it is," said the Zulu, pointing to a hollow piece of ground which
they had passed, and in which there was a large rocky basin about thirty
feet across, and in which there was water. A rush was at once made to
the place by the whole party. Officer and sailors, Zulus and Hans, were
each equally interested. Upon reaching the side of this pool, or
reservoir, a clear mass of water some six feet deep was visible; it was
evidently the deposit of rain water which had drained from the
neighbouring slopes. Stooping over this, Hans reached his hat into the
pool, and bringing it up full of water, drank a few mouthfuls, and
announced it to be fresh. A loud hurrah from all the sailors answered
this statement, and several of the men immediately employed several
ingenious methods to obtain a good drink of the fresh water. A
temperance advocate would have been delighted, could he have seen these
stalwart, hardy men so anxious to obtain merely cold water, yet not one
man present would have been willing to exchange this well of fresh water
for its quantity in wine or spirits; for every experienced man knows
that there is nothing which quells the thirst so effectually as water or
tea, the latter being essentially water, merely flavoured by a herb.

"There are very heavy rains here," said Hans, "and this pool is the
result of them. We shall not want for water."

"No; we are favoured," said the lieutenant; "for there must be times in
the dry season when no water is here. We have sea-weed for fuel, we can
get birds and sea-lions for food, and thus we can live for some time.
We must then try to get to the Cape."

"Ah! I am afraid that much evil may happen before I can get away from
here and regain my people," said Hans. "They must all think me dead,
and so I am anxious to return among them as soon as possible."

"Yes, I can fancy that you are," said the officer; "and so am I anxious
to get to my ship. We shall have some more work up the coast, I expect,
with these slavers, though it does not pay when their ships are burnt.
However, we must be satisfied at having reached some land, and found
food and water. If we had not obtained water here, we might have dug
each other's graves. We will go to that peak and loo