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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: What I Saw in Kaffir-Land - -Author: Stephen Lakeman - -Release Date: April 10, 2016 [EBook #51718] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR-LAND *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - - - -WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR-LAND - - - - - WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR-LAND - - - BY - SIR STEPHEN LAKEMAN - MAZHAR PACHA - - - “MILITIA EST POTIOR. QUID ENIM?” - - - WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS - EDINBURGH AND LONDON - MDCCCLXXX - - - _All Rights reserved_ - - - - -PREFACE. - - -This book contains extracts from the daily record of impressions made -on my mind, by men and events, as we performed together our allotted -parts, in one short tragical episode at the Cape. Very little has been -omitted; nothing has been added. It is a simple narrative, taken from -the Book of my Life, of which, if it is not the opening chapter, it is -at least one of the first. - -If by my observations I have hurt any one’s feelings, this may have -been caused by these persons having ruffled mine. If I have said but -little good of any one with whom I have been brought into contact, it -is because I failed to perceive any more than I have mentioned. The -reader will be able to some extent to judge whether or not this has -arisen from my want of perspicacity, or from their incapacity. - -I can only add, that this narrative is true. I have thought, in having -it published, that it might interest those who seek by reading some -information about the realities of life in this artificial world of -ours, wherein time-serving hypocrites present themselves so often as -shams when Heaven and country call for men. - - - - -CONTENTS - - - CHAPTER I. - PAGE - Attached to the French military staff in Algeria--The - Minie rifle--Interviews with the Duke of Wellington - and others--War at the Cape--I offer my services--Red-tape - difficulties--Start for the Cape, 1 - - - CHAPTER II. - - Land at St Vincent--Shooting excursion on the island--Strange - dream--Narrowly escape shipwreck--Arrive at - Sierra Leone--Interview with the Governor--Official - ceremonies--Visit the Bishop--Official insignia--St - Helena--Neglected state of the house where Napoleon - died, 6 - - - CHAPTER III. - - Arrive at the Cape--Valuable assistance from local authorities--A - corps of volunteers formed--General Sir Harry - Smith’s difficulties--Damaged state of stores and ammunition--Obliged - to invent a Minie ball--Happy Jack--The - composition of the corps--Reflections--Colonel - Neville Chamberlain--His present of a sword and its - subsequent history in Turkey, 14 - - - CHAPTER IV. - - First attempts at discipline in corps--Prepare to start for - the front--Difficulty of getting men on board ship--Review - and sham fight--First feats of arms--Embarkation--Arrive - at Fort Elizabeth--Onward march towards - Graham’s Town--First encampment in the Bush--Mutiny - and punishment--Further advance--Panic and - flight, 25 - - - CHAPTER V. - - The Dutch and English settlers--First trial of the Minie at - the Cape--I part with Happy Jack--March into Graham’s - Town--The officers of the corps--Colonel Cloëte--Shortcomings - of the service--The commissariat--Ordered to - Fort Beaufort--Arrive at headquarters, 43 - - - CHAPTER VI. - - My report to General commanding on state of the road--Offend - the staff, but receive present of charger from - General--Surprised at close proximity of Kaffirs--Offer - to take nearer view--Am snubbed in consequence--Assigned - post of advanced-guard in general attack under - General Napier--Ascent of the Water-kloof--Ordered to - dislodge Kaffirs from Horse-shoe line of Bush--In action-- - Hesitation--Success--Second attack under artillery-fire--The - Minie rifle again--Kaffir devotion--Their nature, and how to - fight them--Am thanked in general orders, 51 - - - CHAPTER VII. - - Another combined attack--Small results--Capture of Mundell’s - Peak--Thanked a second time in general orders--Example - of tenacity of life--Building forts--The descent - into the Water-kloof--Reproaches--Disregarded advice--An - attack and the consequences--In danger and unable - to procure assistance--Relieved from all interference by - other commanding officers--Receive written thanks of - General commanding--Receive additional command of - new company of Fingoes--I assert my right over prisoners--Johnny - Fingo--A skirmish--Savage indifference to - physical pain--Night fighting--Treachery, 63 - - - CHAPTER VIII. - - Formidable attack on Water-kloof--The “Blacksmith’s - Shop”--Slightly wounded over the eyebrow--Dictate - report to Colonel Cloëte in presence of General--I am - omitted in general orders--Proceed to Graham’s Town to - request revision of the order--Interview with General - Cathcart--Receive general order to myself--Offers of - grants of land for the men who wished to settle--Remove - to Blakeway’s Farm, 79 - - - CHAPTER IX. - - Kaffir characteristics--The cruelties of war--No real sympathy - between black and white--Kaffir cruelties--Night - attack on a Kaffir village--Wounded prisoner--“Doctor” - Dix--Kaffirs become rare--Capture of Noziah, Sandilli’s - sister--Suspicious death of her attendant--Sergeant - Herridge, 91 - - - CHAPTER X. - - Noziah at Blakeway’s Farm--Becomes a favourite with the - men--Wishes to reconcile me to her brother Sandilli--Expedition - sent out to find Sandilli and arrange for an - interview--Return after twenty-three days’ absence - go with Noziah to meet her brother--Sandilli’s war-council--Angry - reception--I obtain a hearing--Sandilli’s - reply--Offers to meet General Cathcart and make - an explanation to him--Demoralising effect of exposing - life in fighting, 107 - - - CHAPTER XI. - - Return of General Cathcart from Basutoland--End of the - war--Sporting adventures--Loving tortoises--Evening - reveries--A sudden attack from an unknown enemy--Plans - for his capture--Unsuccessful--Another attempt--Night - vigils--Close quarters--Death of the leopard--Wild-boar - hunting--Baboons--My pack of hounds--They - are attacked by baboons--Poor Dash’s fate--Snakes, 118 - - - CHAPTER XII. - - Kaffir knowledge of surgery--Manners more artificial than - natural--Peace concluded with Sandilli and Macomo--Indifferent - character of the treaty of peace--The corps - disbanded--Thanks of Commander-in-chief--Return - towards the Cape--Addresses from the inhabitants of - Fort Beaufort and Graham’s Town--Engineering tastes--Sam - Rowe--The Mary Jane--I embark for Cape - Town, 140 - - - CHAPTER XIII. - - Arrival at the Cape--Opinions on the war there--The conversion - of the heathen--Baptism of a recent convert--Converted - Jews in Bucharest--The Metropolitan of the - Greek Church and an English bishop--The voyage home--The - Arethusa--Noziah visits Cape Town to bid me - good-bye--African trophies--Reflections on the actual - state of the Cape, 155 - - - CHAPTER XIV. - - St Helena--Ascension--Monkeyish pranks in the “horse” - latitudes--Young Ben’s fate--An Irish wake on the line--Narrow - escape--The Mauritius steamship--Ocean visitors--A - westerly gale--Sight the white cliffs of Brighton--Salute - the native soil--A greedy mouthful--A dark - impression--Direct attention of Government to neglected - state of Napoleon’s late residence in St Helena--Obtain - reply in 1855--Desire to obtain active military employment--Delays - of the Horse Guards authorities--My reception - there, 171 - - - CHAPTER XV. - - Start on a mission to the East--Visit Gallipoli, and report - upon it to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe--Report on the - entire seaboard of the Dardanelles--Visit the Turkish - army on the Danube, and report on its condition--Winter - travelling in ball-room dress--Return to Constantinople--The - Embassy there--The War Ministry at home--Their - incapacity--Am offered a knighthood, but decline - the honour--The Eastern question--The difficulty - of regenerating the Turks by foreign interference--Their - moral degradation--My knighthood is decided - upon--Journey to Windsor--Lords Palmerston and - Aberdeen--Monologues with predecessors in armour--The - ceremony--Conclusion, 192 - - - - -WHAT I SAW IN KAFFIR-LAND. - - - - -CHAPTER I. - - ATTACHED TO THE FRENCH MILITARY STAFF IN ALGERIA--THE MINIE - RIFLE--INTERVIEWS WITH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND OTHERS--WAR - AT THE CAPE--I OFFER MY SERVICES--RED-TAPE DIFFICULTIES--START - FOR THE CAPE. - - -In the year 1847 I was attached to the French staff in Algeria, and -during several expeditions, both against Arabs and Kabyles, I became -deeply impressed with the great superiority of the Minie rifle over the -old smooth-bore. On my return to England I did all I could to enforce -on the military authorities the advantages of this new weapon. - -The Duke of Wellington gave me to understand, in several interviews he -honoured me with, that he was perfectly satisfied as to the principle -on which the Minie was constructed, but hesitated in giving effect to -this opinion, on the conviction that the rapid twist of the rifling -would so increase the recoil as to render this new weapon useless to -the British soldier. - -His Grace frequently observed, “Englishmen take aim, Frenchmen fire -anyhow;” and no man could stand fairly up to harder kicking than old -Brown Bess already gave. - -General Browne, to whom the Duke handed me over for any further -information I might have to impart, thought, after lengthened -investigation, that the weapon was a good one for taking long shots -from ramparts, but scouted the idea that it would ever be useful for -active service in the field. - -Colonel Airey, to whom General Browne confided me, asked if the Duke -had really examined the gun; and on my assuring him that he had done so -on several occasions, expressed his surprise at his Grace’s having had -so much patience. This naturally brought my interviews to a close with -the military authorities. - -Shortly afterwards the war broke out at the Cape, and the British army -was, as usual, being kneaded into shape. The process, however, was so -disintegrating, that the authorities at home were anxiously looking out -for fresh food for powder. I therefore volunteered my services, under -the condition that the men that served under me should have the Minie -rifle. After much consideration, I was kindly told that I might order -two hundred rifles at my own expense; and the military authorities -would allow me to enlist two hundred volunteers--also at my own -expense--and afterwards give us a free passage to the Cape, to go and -shoot, and be shot at by, the Kaffirs. - -I accepted the offer as to the rifles, but declined to enlist the -men in England. I need not say, that having no staff to aid me in -enlisting, and no barracks to put the men in, the task was impossible. -It was finally agreed that I was to engage the men at the Cape, and -clothe them, the Government giving rations and pay as in the army. - -I at once ordered fifty double-barrelled rifles of Messrs Barnett & -Sons, Tower Hill, London, and one hundred and fifty single barrels on -the same principle, of Messrs Hall, Birmingham. The rifles were soon -ready; but the military authorities insisted on lengthy trials to burst -them--to prove, I suppose, that they would be more dangerous to those -who used them than to those they were used against. The cartridges also -underwent innumerable trials: it was supposed by long-headed gentlemen -at Woolwich, that the iron caps in the base of the bullets might be -so struck that a spark could be emitted, the cartridge explode, and -the engineer be hoisted by his own petard. Colonel P---- of the 12th -gravely surmised the possibility of one man communicating the danger -to another; upon which Mr Jeffrey, of marine-blue fame, laughingly -remarked that the battalion in that case would begin file-firing by -shooting themselves off instead of their firelocks. These, and other -equally reasonable suppositions, kept me in England, until I began to -fear, from the accounts of slaughter sent home, that there would not be -a Kaffir left to try my guns upon. However, as I knew from experience -that despatches intended for a public a long way off were apt to be put -in a very trumpet-speaking style, and how that through a little bit of -brass a little puff can make a big noise, I started for the Cape in the -good ship Harbinger, still in the hopes of proving the usefulness of -this new weapon. - - - - -CHAPTER II. - - LAND AT ST VINCENT--SHOOTING EXCURSION ON THE ISLAND--STRANGE - DREAM--NARROWLY ESCAPE SHIPWRECK--ARRIVE AT SIERRA - LEONE--INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR--OFFICIAL CEREMONIES--VISIT - THE BISHOP--OFFICIAL INSIGNIA--ST HELENA--NEGLECTED STATE OF - THE HOUSE WHERE NAPOLEON DIED. - - -In the same ship were the newly-appointed Governor of the Cape, Mr -Darling, and a Mr Macdonald, also recently appointed to the Gambia. The -voyage was pleasant on all sides--ship, sea, and passengers--until we -put into the Isle of St Vincent for coal. Here an event occurred which -I should not relate had I been merely recording the actions of those -around me; but I write these pages that others may learn the impulses -that guide fellow-beings, who, from one cause or another, have in turn -influenced many. As the ship was being coaled I had landed alone, and -wandered about, gun in hand, to shoot, if I could, some snipe that -were supposed now and again to visit the island. I could see nothing -remarkable in this elevated spot but its geographical situation in -the volcanic chain that runs from New Granada to St Eustache. As for -the snipe, I had not the courage to fire at a poor solitary wanderer -like myself that rose at my feet; so, towards evening, I returned -to the ship, tired with my walk on this torrid, brick-kiln-looking -island, that rose in layers to the clouds like an altar of earth’s -burnt-offering reeking to the skies. - -I had lain down in my berth, and had dozed off into dreamland, and -fancied I saw a woman standing, much as the Virgin in Raffaele’s -“Assumption” at Dresden, high up between the ship and the shore, -motioning me not to be afraid. At this moment down rushed the governor -of the Gambia, exclaiming, “For God’s sake get up! the ship is going -ashore!” - -I was so much under the influence of the dream, and assured thereby of -Divine protection, that I told him to take my life-preserver, which -was hanging up in the cabin, and to save himself. Up he rushed again, -life-preserver in hand, while I lay quietly in my berth, listening -to all the hubbub and trampling of feet on the deck overhead, until -the roar of the breakers and the cessation of blowing off steam, made -me rather anxious as to whether I was not, after all, going down. My -anxieties soon came to an end. The governor appeared once more, saying -all danger was over, and thanked me most warmly for having lent him -the life-preserver. It appeared from his rather excited account, that -after lifting the anchor to start for Sierra Leone, our next place of -call, the rudder-chains got jammed between decks, and the steamer was -helplessly drifting ashore. The anchor was then dropped again; but, -from some untoward mismanagement, the chain had been detached from the -capstan, and slipped through the hawser-holes into the sea, going after -the anchor to the bottom. - -In this awful predicament we approached the rugged shore, when, at the -last moment, the recoil of the heavy seas as they were hurled back into -the deep from the shore, jerked the rudder-chains free. The good ship -Harbinger answered her helm again, and steamed safely away on her -mission. The next morning I was congratulated by all on board for my -generous conduct in giving my life-preserver to Mr Macdonald (who was -rather an elderly personage). So, besides the nuisance of being thanked -(which is always a bore), to increase my confusion still more, I knew -perfectly well it was utterly undeserved, for I had felt so thoroughly -sure of Divine protection when I gave the life-preserver away, that it -was evidently useless to me. I never had the courage while on board to -tell my dream, through fear of the pitying smiles it would raise; so I -passed off, very unwillingly, for a far braver man than I really was. - -On arriving at Sierra Leone, some of us landed to visit the garrison -and pay our respects to the governor, Colonel O’C----r. The barracks, -on the top of the hill overlooking the town, were clean and -comfortable; and the officers quite a jolly lot for men stationed in -“the white man’s grave,” as Sierra Leone was then called. The soldiers -were smart, well set up, strongly-framed negroes, equal I should say, -if well led, to a deal of hard fighting. We found the governor at -home, enjoying his pleasant quarters in a private residence, with -great equanimity and smiling composure. He was a soft, oily-looking -gentleman, considerably yellowed by the fierce glare of the town. He -lay on a couch, decked out with white muslin mosquito-curtains; and -gently turning round as we entered, looked like a lump of yellow butter -floating in a basin of iced water; and we youngsters were considerably -cooled down as we rushed rather heedlessly into the great man’s -_sanctum sanctorum_. He, however, gracefully ducked his head under the -curtains, and waved a ripple of welcome to us all from his extended -hands. He was evidently accustomed to unquestioning obedience, so we -sat down without saying a word. - -The room was full of niggers. It was something wonderful to see them -clustered round the bell-shaped muslin curtains of his couch, like -busy black flies on a loaf of white crystallised sugar. One had -managed to thrust his naked arm, like an antenna, under the folds of -the transparent dome, and with a long, white, horse-tail fan, was -waving mysterious passes around the yellow, sphinx-shaped head of the -presiding deity. Other attendants, with solemn, ebony-wooded heads, -were squatting around the place, tossing up and down their lank arms -in the most bewildering manner. Now and again they would insert their -hands under the arm-pits, then sharply raise them, and with a whack, -extend their palms upon the wall. I slipped out of the room, and asked -the gallant colonel’s orderly the meaning of this mystic performance. -“You see, sir,” he said, “those niggers squatting round the room are -waiting to relieve the others on duty at the colonel’s cot; we makes -’em sit still, for when they goes about they scents mighty strong, and -if they sits quite still they gets like rancid cocoa-oil; so to make -them as sweet as possible, we orders them to keep alive, pegged down.” -Poor black wretches! they were writing their misery on the wall, in a -manner quite incomprehensible to the gallant colonel. - -I next paid a visit to the bishop, who gave me the impression of -suffering from a deadly climate, and great despondency as to the -prospects of converting the heathen--in fact, he seemed on the point of -leaving his flock in this world without the prospect of meeting even -one of his black sheep in the next. - -In the afternoon Colonel O’C----r returned our visit, and came on board -the Harbinger. The nimble manner in which he glided up the ladder of -the ship, and presented himself in his white toggery to our gasping -selves, was a riddle, the solving of which would have melted our brains -in that broiling sun. Had it not been for the gleam that shone now and -then from his glazed, brown eye, which was like a parched pea, one -might have taken him for an automatic mummy. The same horse-tail I -mentioned as having been waved over his head while reclining at home, -was now carried by himself; and in answer to a question put to him by -young K---- of the 74th, he explained that it was a Mandingo emblem of -authority, which had the twofold power of keeping off the flies and -keeping the niggers in awe. When, in after-life, I became a Turkish -Pasha with two tails, I often used to look up to the sort of barber’s -pole on which was appended the same horse-tail token of authority, and -think of Colonel O’C----r and the affrighted natives of Sierra Leone. - -We now proceeded to St Helena, and visited the residence in which -Napoleon died. I was, as we all were, much hurt on finding the -neglected state of the building, and of the room in which that great -man breathed his last. It was filled with broken agricultural tools and -farmyard rubbish; and in the small chamber in which he had described -to Montholon how kingdoms were lost and won, cackling poultry were -brooding; and that small garden, in which he had spent so many weary -hours, trying to dig away the cankering sorrows of his troubled life, -was overrun with weeds and scarred with poultry scrabbings. - -And so these small, unplastered, half-raftered rooms were the meshes of -the net which had held the man-slayer of Europe; and this little plot -of ground, scarce larger than a Cockney’s flower-bed, all that remained -to him who had given realms away! The contrast was too great. There was -something that clashed harshly somewhere, and I could not help thinking -that posterity would lay this woful wreck to England’s charge. - - - - -CHAPTER III. - - ARRIVE AT THE CAPE--VALUABLE ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL - AUTHORITIES--A CORPS OF VOLUNTEERS FORMED--GENERAL SIR - HARRY SMITH’S DIFFICULTIES--DAMAGED STATE OF STORES AND - AMMUNITION--OBLIGED TO INVENT A MINIE BALL--HAPPY JACK--THE - COMPOSITION OF THE CORPS--REFLECTIONS--COLONEL NEVILLE - CHAMBERLAIN--HIS PRESENT OF A SWORD AND ITS SUBSEQUENT HISTORY - IN TURKEY. - - -We now proceeded in the same pleasant manner on our way to the Cape, -and landed there, after what was then thought a rapid passage of -thirty-five days. We found the news from the seat of war was full of -the excitement of actual strife, which was being carried on as fiercely -as ever. Governor Darling, who appeared to me rather diffident as to -his powers of doing good in the colony, with the instructions he had -from the Home Government, was nevertheless very active in his efforts -to help me. Through his assistance I was enabled, within twenty-four -hours of landing, to open an enlisting office. He also stirred up -the local authorities and the police to second my efforts. These, and -many other kind offices of his, for which I never afterwards had the -opportunity of thanking him, I here beg to acknowledge. He is gone now, -and I may seem very tardy in expressing my gratitude, but perhaps some -of the many who loved him may still listen to my thanks. - -Sir Harry Smith, for whom I had letters from the Duke of Wellington, in -which, amongst other things, he had kindly said that he _believed me to -be a real soldier_--not only had all the resources of Cape Castle and -of the commissariat department placed at my disposal, but offered an -extra Government bounty of two pounds, besides the two offered by me, -for every man that enlisted. Poor Sir Harry! Although a fine soldier -of the olden class, equal to almost any act of gallantry that required -no further intuition than that inspired by actual contact with the -foe, he failed during this war for the same reasons that rendered Lord -Chelmsford equally unsuccessful during the last. The dual character of -the local Government, it being at the same time civil and military, -places serious, almost insurmountable, obstacles, in the way of a -commander in the field. On emergencies he is required to consult the -wishes and give way to the exigencies of both powers. It would require -the capacity and the energy of a Clive or a Stratford to combine, -direct, and successfully wield such a power. - -In the course of a fortnight upwards of fifty men had joined the corps, -and everything promised well for our success; but now difficulties as -to the clothing and arming occurred. As the bales were landed from -the Harbinger, it was found that the leather jackets for the men had -become so shrunk, from the extreme heat in the hold of the ship, that -there was no possible means of restoring them to their original shape. -The cartridges also had been reduced by water to a mealy pulp, stuck -over here and there by pieces of oily white paper like suet in a black -pudding. It appeared that the idea of the cartridges being of a highly -inflammable nature had pursued the Woolwich authorities so far, that, -out of consideration for the safety of the ship and its precious -freight, some considerate souls at the dockyard had filled the tin -cases, in which the cartridges were packed, _with water_, and then -carefully soldered them down. - -An enterprising clothier, named Taylour, undertook to make other -jackets of a similar nature to those spoiled; and a most intelligent -mechanic (a Mr Rawbone, gunsmith of Cape Town) engaged to replace the -Minie bullet by another equally effective. - -It was an absolute necessity to make another-shaped bullet, as the -original Minie was useless without the socket of condensed paper, -which I could not procure in the colony. Putting our heads together, -we invented a bullet in two unequal sizes, slightly dovetailed -together in the centre, and which, under the concussion of lighted -gunpowder, were driven into one another, and thus expanding, filled up -the grooves of the rifle, took the twist, and went spinning through -the air on its axis, as true in its flight as the Minie. I was also -greatly aided by a Mr Andersen, a Norwegian gentleman, an enthusiastic -sportsman and traveller, at the Cape. He took an almost passionate -interest in me, my task, and the Minie rifle. From him I gained much -useful information concerning bush-life, and the habits, history, -and traditions of the Kaffir tribes. He had very little faith in the -half-worldly, half-sentimental policy of the British Government towards -the Kaffir and the Dutch settler; and my experience afterwards only -confirmed the truth of his observations. - -I now began to practise the men with their firelocks. As this was -almost the only drilling they got, there remained plenty of spare -time for drinking-bouts in public-houses, and for them to spend their -bounty-money and report on the glorious advantages of being _soldiers -in prospective_. - -I had, amongst the men, enlisted a noted character at Cape Town called -“Happy Jack.” Evans was his real name, a common sailor now, but who had -been boatswain in the navy. - -He was rarely in barracks, but always to be hailed, as he -good-naturedly explained to the guard on duty, in such or such a -public-house. It may be readily supposed that men enlisted under the -auspices of Happy Jack were not the best of characters; in fact, many -of them were what they termed at the Cape, _laggers_--that is to say, -men who, having got away from Norfolk Island, or other penfolds for -black sheep, lag behind, under guardianship of Dutch laws at the Cape, -instead of trusting their precious selves to the supervision of their -own natural police at home. - -The local authorities, however, with the praiseworthy object of -dispersing the scabby flock under their charge, provided the ranks of -my corps with some desperate cases, whom they ordered to enlist as the -alternative of going to prison. I had a shrewd guess as to the meaning -of these energetic efforts to strengthen the force under my command; -but I used to shut my eyes as closely as possible in accepting the -proffered services of some of my recruits, and unless something too -glaring forced itself on my attention--such as a man with one arm, a -wooden leg, or stone blind--I used to accept the services of almost -all, and place them at her Majesty’s disposal,--taking often, when -tempted, a cripple, as the necessary evil attendant upon the services -of a good man, these being the conditions on which the contract was -several times concluded between myself and the police. No doubt I was -often undecided as to whether or not I should attempt to knock down -the authors of some of the practical jokes that were played upon me; -but when I came to reflect that my best friends at the Cape advised me -strongly to go home and leave the Kaffirs alone, I could not feel much -surprised that stupid people, to whom I was unknown, should be much -more practical in their method of enforcing the same opinion upon me. - -And truly my position seemed a riddle in more ways than one. I was very -young--scarcely twenty-two, and looked still younger. I was spending -large sums at the Cape to regain a footing in the British army, when -I might have easily purchased, for a tenth of the money, a commission -at home. My ways were foreign. I had been brought up mostly abroad--in -France and Germany. My military notions were based on their schools. My -actual experience of war had been gained in Algeria, Hungary, and in -the streets of Paris and Vienna during the late revolutions, where I -had taken somewhat more than a strict observer’s part on the side of -legal authority. - -I could not understand the half-military, half-civilian existence -of a British officer, and, excepting the Artillery and Engineers, -thought them a very unscientific lot. No one could doubt their fighting -capacity; but their capabilities for undertaking a campaign against -European armies was very dubious in my sight. - -An enthusiast myself in my belief in Christ, I yet belonged to no -Church in Christendom--in short, I have often wondered since how I -escaped shipwreck amidst the shoals and breakers that surrounded me. - -Two bright spots alone shone through this turmoil and anxiety. At the -Cape, Colonel Neville Chamberlain and Major Quinn (two nobler specimens -of the conquerors of India could hardly be found) took me kindly by -the hand; and as they told me, how with quiet demeanour and ironside -determination of will, native levies were led, and victories won in -India, I humbly resolved to follow, if I could, the noble example -they gave me. An anecdote concerning a sword which Colonel Neville -Chamberlain presented me with, may not be out of place in these pages. -It was a weapon that had fallen into his hands after an engagement, and -was considered a splendid specimen of Indian workmanship. - -In the year 1853 I was sent on a mission to Constantinople, and took -the sword with me, and used to wear it in my frequent visits to the -Seraskierat. Riza Pasha, who then presided there, asked me one day -to allow him to look at it, and after gravely reading the Arabic -characters embossed upon the blade, passed it on to other members of -the Council Board. One and all seemed much surprised at the writing, -and at my being the possessor of such a weapon. Mr Sarel, the dragoman -of the Embassy, who was with me at the time, explained how it came from -India, and into my possession. Riza asked to be allowed to show it to -the Sultan, to which I consented, but never could get it returned. -As, however, I repeatedly asked for it, and threatened to speak to -the Ambassador on the subject, Riza one day sent me another sword, -with a firman in a white satin bag, containing my nomination to the -colonelcy of the second regiment of the Sultan’s Roumelian Guard. I -was rather induced to look upon the affair as a mystification; but -Sarel explained to me that it was quite serious, and in reality a -compliment paid to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and that I had better -accept the sword and the commission, as I should never see Colonel -Chamberlain’s sword again. In this manner I entered the Turkish army; -and although I never assumed the actual command as colonel, it was -(by a strange coincidence) one of those regiments that formed the -brigade of cavalry which I afterwards commanded on the Danube. It was -a curiously-officered regiment. I, the colonel, had been named through -being the possessor of a certain sword; the lieutenant-colonel, Said -Bey, through being the possessor of a wonderful flute (he had been -chief flute-player to the Sultan); one of the majors, Mourad Bey, for -being a renegade Frenchman; and the other major, an Irishman, for being -the supposed son of an English Prime Minister. The men, however, were -splendid fellows, and some became passionately attached to me. As a -proof of this, one day when, as quartermaster-general of the Turkish -forces, I was sending to Eupatoria, in the Crimea, Osman Pasha’s army -from Cisebole, in the Bay of Bourgas, Halil Pasha, brother-in-law of -the Sultan, and commander of the Turkish cavalry, refused to obey my -repeated orders concerning the embarkation of the women of his harem -(a proceeding to which I was opposed), when, at my command, two of my -orderlies--Mourad and Mahamet-Chousch--took him by the “scruff” of the -neck, before the whole of his staff, and pitched him off the pier into -the sea, after his screaming women. - -Not a man stirred an inch to save him until I gave orders to do so; and -the half-drowned Pasha contented himself with writing a long letter of -complaint to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, who, in reply, said he only -got what he deserved. - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - - FIRST ATTEMPTS AT DISCIPLINE IN CORPS--PREPARE TO START FOR - THE FRONT--DIFFICULTY OF GETTING MEN ON BOARD SHIP--REVIEW AND - SHAM FIGHT--FIRST FEATS OF ARMS--EMBARKATION--ARRIVE AT FORT - ELIZABETH--ONWARD MARCH TOWARDS GRAHAM’S TOWN--FIRST ENCAMPMENT - IN THE BUSH--MUTINY AND PUNISHMENT--FURTHER ADVANCE--PANIC AND - FLIGHT. - - -To return to my men at the Cape;--Happy Jack and I, after many a -good look at one another, were gradually nearing the point of trying -conclusions as to which of the two really commanded the corps. On his -part it was one perpetual scene of half-drunken, half-intentional -defiance. He rolled about the streets in uniform, followed by besotted -comrades, to gain, as he said, by their jolly appearance, fresh -adherents. No one, he pretended, could look at their happy condition -and refuse to join such companions. The fact is, he did bring in -many recruits, and I hardly knew how to get on with or without him. -Providence, however, decided in my favour. Colonel Ingleby, commandant -of the town and castle, a fine old soldier, and extremely kind to me, -sent a small detachment of artillerymen to keep order in the barracks. -Happy Jack’s fate was sealed. A picket of regulars sent to scour the -public-houses for absentees, brought Jack to barracks in a woful -plight. He had had a frog’s march--that is to say, on hands, belly, -and knees--almost from one end of the town to the other. Refusing to -obey the picket, and march to barracks on his legs, he had been kindly -allowed to come on all-fours, held up by the collar of his coat, for -fear of stumbling, and the seat of his unmentionables. Poor fellow! he -felt sorely his abject degradation in the eyes of his associates, male -and female, and kept ever afterwards well in the background. - -The day now approached for our starting to the front. Captain Hall, who -commanded the man-of-war on the station, had prepared to take us all on -board, but the difficulty was how to get the men there. Every one knew -perfectly well, from their many loud boastings on the point, that they -had not the least intention of going; and as no means existed in the -town by which forcible coercion could be attempted on so large a body -of men with a reasonable chance of success, it did look a very dubious -question. - -The matter, however, was finally arranged after this fashion, between -Captain Hall, Colonel Ingleby, the police, and myself. We were to have -a grand field-day, to end by a display of military prowess on the part -of the men in a sham engagement, and thereby prove their fighting -capacity against her Majesty’s sable foes. The general plan consisted -in the police, and all the artillerymen Colonel Ingleby could spare, -landing on the beach just outside the castle, under the protection -of the guns of Captain Hall’s ship. They were then to proceed inland -towards Wineberg, and, on arriving about two miles from the shore, were -to be suddenly confronted by my corps, and driven back to the ship. -The first part of the plan was carried out as intended. In the first -place, Colonel Ingleby, in full uniform, attended by a sub-lieutenant, -Dr B----, and two commissariat officers in regimentals, passed a review -of the men, 167 rank and file. They looked very well in line, and knew -enough drill to take open order for inspection; so that the first part -of the programme gave every appearance of having a happy issue, by the -way in which it was being carried out. - -Colonel Ingleby, however, had the unfortunate idea to make the men -a speech in praise of their gallant appearance. This was not in the -order-book, so I scarcely knew what to say in reply. Happy Jack, -however, was equal to the occasion. He stepped boldly out of the ranks -and walked up to the Colonel, and said that as he was so pleased with -their trim, he hoped he would, man-o’-war fashion, order a glass of -grog all round. The good-tempered Colonel, rather taken aback, replied, -“You had better ask Captain Lakeman for that.” “No, no,” said Jack; -“I know better than to ask the skipper when the admiral is present, -so please order the grog.” It _was_ ordered. The Colonel drank to our -success, I returned thanks, the men cheered, and then broke out with -“We won’t go home till morning.” - -In the course of half an hour passed in this agreeable manner, the men -fell readily enough into the ranks, and proceeded in a rollicking, -spirited manner towards the position assigned us in the forthcoming -engagement. We had hardly taken up our post in the bend of the road -that led to the Observatory, when the continued booming of Captain -Hall’s guns told us the enemy were disembarking. Shortly afterwards -they could be espied feeling their way through the brushwood that led -up the valley. In approaching the cross-road that wound its way towards -Wineberg they divided their forces. One party--the police--took the -road; the other--the regulars--continued their way through the scrubby -brushwood. They advanced but slowly, taking all due precautions, -probing the ground right and left, with an advance and a rear guard. -The police, on the contrary, came up the dusty road in a most -disorderly, unhesitating manner--looking like a swarm of blue-bottles -on a white, smoking, Cambridge sausage. This was setting such a bad -example to my recruits that I determined to give them a profitable -lesson; so, calling in the outposts, I prepared to meet them suddenly -with the whole force at my disposal. - -On they heedlessly came to the bend of the road, when they found -themselves confronted by an impassable barrier of prickly cactus, that -I had hastily strewn there. They evidently thought this a warning -of approaching danger, for, hastily unslinging their carbines, they -prepared for action. But I left them no time for this ceremonious -proceeding. The order to fire was given, and these brave but misguided -invaders received such a peppering discharge from both sides of the -road that the error of their ways became pungently manifest; and, -without the slightest demur, they wriggled their bent forms into the -smallest possible shape, and bolted in the opposite direction. But my -men were most anxious to prove their capacity for far harder fighting -than the evanescent police force allowed them to display; so, with -loud shouts and exulting halloos, they jumped up from behind the fence -which had hitherto concealed them, and started off in pursuit of the -scuttling foe. - -Many a long itching grudge was feelingly rubbed off that day upon the -heads of the police. Happy Jack was particularly conspicuous, as, with -tucked-up sleeves, he laid the butt of his rifle (much to my dread of -its breaking) upon the heads and shoulders of his natural enemies, in a -manner quite uncalled for by the stricken. - -But there is a turn in the tide of events which, taken at the flood, -makes one at times feel somewhat giddy as it whirls us round. This -dizzying ebb of fortune ran counter to Happy Jack, and threw him on his -beam-ends in the most reckless fashion. - -It happened that Sergeant Herridge of the police force, and in -command of that party, seeing the discomfiture of his men, had had -the discretion to lead them back to Cape Town, and was showing the -way as fast as his portly person, under the sweltering heat of the -sun and the battle combined, allowed him to do. Happy Jack espied -the retreating chief, and took up the pursuit like Achilles after -affrighted Hector, chevying him round and round his admiring followers. -At length he reached the spent chieftain, and placing the muzzle of his -firelock between the outspread coat-tails of the flying victim, blew a -cartridge off at that part upon which people usually sit. The effect -was startling. Hector cut a double-shuffle high up in the air like an -exploding cracker, and while still wreathed in smoke, swung round his -truncheon with Parthian address on the grinning face of Jack, whose -head came to the ground--cracker number two. - -Now was the time for the victorious sergeant to make off: the road was -clear, and he had my good wishes that it should be kept so. But the -foolish fellow, instead of running away, to live and fight another -day, sat deliberately down in the dusty road and began bumping his -hindquarters violently on the ground, to stamp out the fire the -cartridge of Happy Jack had lit in his rear. This ludicrous display of -stern-firing gave time for other men to come up; he was made prisoner, -and Jack, recovering his senses, feelingly kicked the fire out of the -singeing sergeant in double-quick time. Herridge was removed on board -in a critical state, refusing in his disgraced condition to be taken to -Cape Town; ultimately, upon recovery, he enlisted in my corps. - -On the discomfiture of the police, the artillerymen in the valley -began to retreat; but in this direction the pursuit was very slack. -My men bent all their energies in scattering every vestige of civil -authority; they evidently began to consider themselves as one with the -soldiers--in fact, it was in recounting the mishaps that had that day -befallen the police that we retired laughingly together, with those -whom we were supposed to be repulsing with great vigour. - -Finally, on arriving at the beach from whence the enemy had started, -a still greater surprise awaited us; but this time (as if by just -reprisal) it fell exclusively upon my own men, and that in a most -bewildering manner. - -Captain Hall had landed his marines and a detachment of blue-jackets, -who, _sans cérémonie_, disarmed my men, as they arrived in batches -of twos and threes, and placed them in files along the sea-shore. -The climax had arrived; and to the astonishment, no doubt, of many -beholders from the town, who had come to witness what they supposed was -likely to be an exciting performance, I was quite equal to the task of -stage-manager on this occasion. In a few words I explained to my future -heroes that the time was come to go to the front and show to the -Kaffirs what we were capable of doing. The black was pressing hard on -the white man, who looked to us for help; the ship was ready to convey -us; the cheers of the inhabitants of Cape Town were a token of what was -expected; in fact, the time had arrived when the very humblest had a -duty to perform. - -Go we must; so I called for three cheers, and “Forward to the -boats!” Some murmured that they had not wished friends “good-bye;” -others talked of kits left behind; but they were too tired to resist -physically, and without consultation they were unequal to combined -action; so, _nolens volens_, we managed, one after another, to get them -all aboard ship, excepting some twenty or so, who had come to grief -in our late engagement with the police, and these I left behind. By -the exertions of Captain Hall, who appeared to me a most painstaking, -energetic officer, we soon got safely stowed away on board, and three -days after landed at Port Elizabeth. Mr Durant Deare, a merchant of -that town, kindly offered me quarters under his hospitable roof. The -men were billeted in the town; and two days afterwards, with seven -waggon-loads of ammunition and five gun-carriages, we started for -Graham’s Town. - -Foreseeing the disorderly manner in which my rough lot would probably -leave the grog-shops, I started very early in the morning, before -the inhabitants had got up--for I was loath to show our, as yet, -disorganised state. I waited until fairly on the march before bringing -a tighter hand to bear upon the many ruffians in my corps, who, half -in joke, half inquiringly, looked me in the face, and called me mate, -skipper, or captain, as they interpreted its meaning. - -On the evening of the second day we arrived at the Ada bush; this -was some twenty miles in breadth, composed of jungle-wood, free from -Kaffirs, but infested with bands of marauders, consisting of native -levies who had fled, weapons in hand, from the seat of war. As we were -encamped that night, I strolled the greater part of it around the -fires, and gathered from several parties that the next day something -eventful was to take place in which _my_ fate was concerned. I felt -perfectly tranquil, however, trusting that I should be equal to the -task of holding my own against such an abandoned, disunited lot--for I -had also many good, God-fearing men among them. - -The next morning, on the order being given for the men to fall -in for roll-call, no one stirred. Sergeant Waine, who had been a -non-commissioned officer in the 44th, but broken and discharged for -bad conduct, to whom I had given the stripes in consideration of his -regimental knowledge, stepped up to me, and said that the men wanted -grog served out to them before they would budge, and if they did not -get it, would return to Port Elizabeth. I did not reply to him, but, -getting on my horse, rode up to the men and asked if they had enlisted -with the intention of obeying orders or not. No one replied; and giving -the word to fall in, they sullenly did so. - -The Hottentot drivers inspanned the bullocks, and I repeated “Forward!” -in a tone that seemed strange even to myself, so authoritative and -full of energy did it sound in my own ear. All obeyed, and we started -on the march; scarcely, however, had we entered the bush before a shot -was fired. I saw from the smoke where the discharge came from, so, -riding to the spot, inquired who had fired. Sergeant Waine came to -the front and said he had. I reminded him of the order which had been -given that no firing was to take place under any consideration, unless -I or Lieutenant Pilkington gave the command. He muttered something -unintelligible in reply; and I repeated the order aloud, to be heard -by all around, that if any man discharged a firelock without orders I -would have him punished as severely as the circumstances allowed. I -then rode on again towards the head of the column, when another shot -was fired, and this time the bullet came whistling very close to my -head. On looking round I saw that the shot was fired from the same spot -again, around which the men were now gathered in a cluster. I felt -that the crisis had come, so loosening my pistol in the holster-pipe -(an Adams’ revolver, one of the first made), I rode back and asked -who fired. Waine replied he did. “Who gave the order?” said I. “A -magpie,” he answered. I called out for Sergeant-major Herridge, the -late police officer, who had quite recovered, and had become a most -efficient subordinate. “Take Waine’s firelock from him,” I said. This -was quickly done. “Now tie him up to that gun-carriage and give him -three dozen.” Waine bawled out to the men, and asked whether they would -see him flogged like a nigger. Before they could reply I drove my horse -amidst them, revolver in hand, and cried out that the first man who -opened his mouth, or moved, I would blow his brains out, at the same -time pointing the muzzle to some of their heads, as I saw they were -more or less inclined to disobey my injunctions. Sergeant Herridge was -a powerful man, and Waine was soon tied up; but there being no “cat” -to flog him with, I ordered it to be done with his belt. And well was -it laid on. The fellow bellowed lustily, and I asked the men what they -thought of such a blubbering cur. Happy Jack now began to cry “Shame.” -I rode him down, and as he scrambled from between my horse’s legs -in an awful state of funk, some of the men laughed outright, and he -got no more openly-shown sympathy than his comrade Waine. After the -flogging was over I told Herridge to give back to Waine his leather -jacket. The ruffian said, “You will give me my jacket, but why don’t -you give me my firelock?” “Give him that also,” said I. On getting it -he began loading, and looking at me in a most significant manner. When -he came to put the cap on the nipple, either from the numbing pain of -the flogging, or from the violence with which Herridge had pulled off -his pouch, he could not find a cap. I offered him one--it was only a -pistol cap (but I did not think of that at the time); when he looked at -me, threw down his firelock, and said, “No, I won’t shoot you.” Seeing -this sign in my favour, I began to explain to the men that no one had a -greater horror, of flogging than I had, and that I never would have had -it done had it not been to punish a cowardly villain who had attempted -to shoot me from behind. If any of them had a complaint to make, let -them come to me, face to face, and explain, and they never would find -me unwilling to listen, or to redress any just grievance. Waine was -then placed on a gun-carriage alongside of Happy Jack, and we once more -started on our march. From that day my orders were obeyed, and matters -assumed a more orderly aspect. - -On fording Sunday River, which runs through the Ada bush, the whole -column nearly came to grief. All due precautions had, however, been -taken as though passing through an enemy’s country, lining both sides -of the ford--an advanced-guard and a rear-guard. But notwithstanding -orders, some of the men had strolled down the banks of the river in -order to find a favourable spot to bathe. While thus proceeding, some -marauding Fingoes were espied; a cry arose that the Kaffirs were -coming, a stampede ensued, and my men bolted like rabbits into the -bush. The Hottentot drivers cut the traces of their oxen, disappearing -with their cattle, and I was left alone with the waggons in the -middle of the river, with five or six men whom I had managed to keep -together--my anxiety barely sufficing to retain my laughter at the -ridiculous disappearance of the whole party. - -The Fingoes, however, were as much frightened as my men had been, -and ran away in the opposite direction; so when my fellows had been -sufficiently scratched and blown by making their way through the -prickly underwood, unmolested by all except their own fears (and -the thorns), they soon retraced their footsteps, and could be seen -in twos and threes peeping from the outskirts of the jungle to know -whether the coast had become clear. On getting them together again, I -made a speech, and so enlarged upon their ridiculously discreditable -behaviour, that they swore, one and all, that they would never so -commit themselves again. To put their courage to the test, I determined -to encamp that night where this occurred--in the middle of the bush. -This was rather hazardous; but I counted upon the danger of Fingo -marauders to keep them together, and in my own bold attitude to keep -the latter off. - -My position was a strange one; and as I lay that night upon a -gun-carriage, having for companions Waine moaning over the pains in his -back, and Happy Jack muttering threats of courts-martial, I thought, if -Providence did not intervene, the thread of my existence would possibly -snap somehow. - -The night passed off calmly enough, and the next morning saw us safely -on the other side of the bush; and that evening we encamped at a farm -belonging to Mr Bruckyer, a Dutch settler from Haarlem--which town, by -the way, was the home of my forefathers in King William III.’s reign; -therefore, being somewhat akin through ancestral associations, we soon -became good friends. This gentleman not only furnished my corps with -an abundance of farm produce--accepting only our thanks in return--but -also took charge of seven men who were incapable, from illness and sore -feet, of continuing with the column. These men were afterwards sent on -in a waggon to Fort Beaufort, some hundred and twenty miles off, to -rejoin the corps. Mr Bruckyer again refused all remuneration. - - - - -CHAPTER V. - - THE DUTCH AND ENGLISH SETTLERS--FIRST TRIAL OF THE MINIE AT THE - CAPE--I PART WITH HAPPY JACK--MARCH INTO GRAHAM’S TOWN--THE - OFFICERS OF THE CORPS--COLONEL CLOËTE--SHORTCOMINGS OF THE - SERVICE--THE COMMISSARIAT ORDERED TO FORT BEAUFORT--ARRIVE AT - HEADQUARTERS. - - -As a rule, I found the settlers--English and Dutch--a fine, -generous-hearted set of people; and many of them who read these lines -may, I hope, think with pleasure of the happy times we passed together. - -It was a great relief to get rid of my sick men, as I had no medical -man with the corps; and the only medicines or pharmaceutical knowledge -I possessed were gleaned from a small medicine-chest I had purchased -at Port Elizabeth. It was one of the ceaseless threats of Happy Jack -that I had had a man flogged without a medical man being present, and -without having remedies at hand in case of accident. - -The next day we proceeded to Mr Judd’s farm, some ten miles farther on -the road. Here I had an opportunity of showing what the Minie rifle -could perform. We were sitting under the veranda of Mr Judd’s house -examining one of the men’s rifles, and I was explaining the advantage -of a rapid twist with an elongated bullet having an expansive base, -&c. Mr Judd asked if it would reach some bullocks which were grazing -five or six hundred yards off, adding that I might try if I liked, for -the cattle were his. To this I consented; and laying the rifle on the -balcony as a rest, I singled out a bullock to his attention--fired. I -had the satisfaction that, either from the whistling of the ball or -from being actually struck, the mark had been attained, for the animal -immediately started off at a trot. All doubts, however, soon came to an -end; for the poor brute lay down, and before we could reach the spot, -had died,--the ball had passed through its body. This, no doubt, was a -great fluke; but it had the good result of proving the value of the -weapon to the men (a great many were looking on while I fired), and -also leading them to suppose I was a first-rate shot. - -At this farm I also had the satisfaction of getting rid of Happy -Jack. I afforded him the opportunity of deserting during the night, -which he availed himself of; and I took particular care not to have -him awakened the next morning as we departed, although I knew he was -lying drunk in a cattle-kraal a short way off. Waine became much more -humble after Jack’s desertion, and before we reached Graham’s Town had -been restored to the ranks. So all fear of my being called up before a -court-martial for flogging a man with an illegal instrument--which his -belt undoubtedly was--soon disappeared. - -We made a great sensation on our entrance into Graham’s Town: the -gun-carriages, wrapped up in hay to prevent any ill effects from -the heat of the sun, might be readily taken for real artillery. The -men--mostly seafaring people, with big rounded shoulders, bronzed -faces, and long hirsute appendages--might, for size and determination -of look, compare advantageously with any troops in the colony. They -also wore leather helmets somewhat similar to those now adopted in the -service, which added considerably to their martial appearance; and -altogether they presented to the beholder (who knew nothing of their -bolting proclivities, as lately displayed in the Ada bush) a most -formidable accession to her Majesty’s forces at the Cape. - -It may not be out of place to give a slight outline of the officers who -commanded my detachment. - -My first lieutenant, ----, a near relative of Lord ----’s, was a tall, -handsome fellow, who had been in her Majesty’s service, of rather -loose habits; not wanting in pluck, but fonder of excitement over the -card-table than in the field. - -My second lieutenant was named H----d, an enthusiast on the mission of -Christianity. He had been lately suffering from brain fever, and with -his hair cropped short, tall, gaunt figure, and deep-set, glistening -eyes, looked the modern representative of one of Cromwell’s Ironsides. -In spirit, he was a man all over; and had he possessed more _physique_ -to ballast his mental faculties, would have left no inconsiderable -mark in this world. As I pen these lines, I feel he was _un grand -homme manqué_, and regret that a word I spoke during the heat of an -engagement, and which he misinterpreted, caused him to resign. - -My third lieutenant, named P----n, was a gentleman by birth, and -had been in her Majesty’s service, but had advisedly resigned after -having thrown a glass of wine in his superior officer’s face. He was -of a tall, lusty figure, full of animal courage, and fond of animal -enjoyment. - -Sergeant-major Herridge I have already described. - -Sergeant Beaufort had been in the Rifle Brigade: he was the handsomest -man I perhaps ever beheld; with short, crisp, light chestnut locks, -full, oval countenance, tall stature--six feet two inches--and -well-rounded limbs. He looked the picture of what Richard Cœur de Lion -might have been. - -Sergeant Shelley had been in the 60th Rifles: a tall, lank fellow, with -arms and legs on the move, like a windmill in a gale of wind--always -threatening to fly off at a tangent, but nevertheless fixed to his -post. He became very attached to me; and many a time, while thinking -myself alone in the bush, Sergeant Shelley would appear at my side, -with “All right, captain; here I am;” and all right it was, for the man -was a host in himself, through his acuteness, strength, and daring. - -Another character was Sergeant Dix. He had been a well-to-do -confectioner in Cape Town, who had left pastry and the sweets -of marriage life to join my corps, owing, it was surmised, to -the depredations of an officer on the presiding goddess of his -wedding-cake. Poor Dix! he used to make the men suffer to ease his own -pains. Up and down the lines he used to _fizz_ with his fat podgy legs, -basting the men with the hot drippings of his marital wrath, until -at last I was obliged to reduce him to the ranks, and install him as -_chef_ in my own cuisine. Such is a faint outline of the corps which I -marched through the town, and encamped some three miles on the other -side, owing to my well-founded dread of the grog-shops. - -It was here that I first became acquainted with the shortcomings of the -service. - -Colonel Cloëte, the Quartermaster-general, had no more idea as to the -ammunition I had brought from Port Elizabeth than what he had to do -with it. He knew, certainly, what requisitions he had received, but he -knew no more than I did what reserves, not actually wanted, existed -in those places. The waggons that brought the ammunition, and had -given me such anxiety on the road, were left, during my ten days’ stay -in Graham’s Town, in the open streets; not a sentry or guard of any -sort--the Hottentot drivers, with pipes in their mouths, seeming the -presiding guardians over British military stores. - -The commissariat was in the hands of the tradesmen of the town: a Mr -J----s (banker and merchant) seemed to have the whole charge of the -provisioning of the army. He was exceedingly kind and courteous, a -perfect gentleman in all his doings, but yet not the right person in -the right place, I thought. Of the military stragglers in the town, -they were the usual rag-tag and bobtail lot always to be found -compassing the rear of an army actively engaged in the field. - -After waiting twelve days, I at last received orders to proceed to Fort -Beaufort. The men being in fair condition by this time, I determined -to cover the distance (about forty miles) in two days. This was easily -accomplished; and rather to the surprise of the Commander-in-chief, I -presented myself at headquarters. - - - - -CHAPTER VI. - - MY REPORT TO GENERAL COMMANDING ON STATE OF THE - ROAD--OFFEND THE STAFF, BUT RECEIVE PRESENT OF CHARGER FROM - GENERAL--SURPRISED AT CLOSE PROXIMITY OF KAFFIRS--OFFER TO - TAKE NEARER VIEW--AM SNUBBED IN CONSEQUENCE--ASSIGNED POST OF - ADVANCED-GUARD IN GENERAL ATTACK UNDER GENERAL NAPIER--ASCENT - OF THE WATER-KLOOF--ORDERED TO DISLODGE KAFFIRS FROM HORSE-SHOE - LINE OF BUSH--IN ACTION--HESITATION--SUCCESS--SECOND - ATTACK UNDER ARTILLERY-FIRE--THE MINIE RIFLE AGAIN--KAFFIR - DEVOTION--THEIR NATURE, AND HOW TO FIGHT THEM--AM THANKED IN - GENERAL ORDERS. - - -I gave a report in writing of my doings on the road, and my estimation -of the resources and failings as a military road, that it professed. -Amongst other things, I stated the fact of seeing a strong detachment -of the 12th Regiment uselessly guarding a fort of no possible influence -in the actual state of the war. This brought the staff down upon me; -but I was thanked by the General, who, as a token of welcome, presented -me with a fine chestnut charger. - -The next day I was perfectly astounded at the close proximity of the -Kaffirs. There they were in shoals, perfectly unmolested, on the slopes -of the Water-kloof, and within twelve miles of thousands of British -troops. I had seen on many occasions the daring indifference of the -Kabyles of the Atlas Mountains, but that was displayed on chance -occasions; but here a badly-armed, undisciplined throng of naked -savages braved with impunity, day after day, week after week, the -energies of the British empire. I was utterly staggered for a moment -by such a display, but was not long in volunteering to make a closer -acquaintance with these sable heroes and their strongholds. I, however, -received a good snubbing for my pains. At last a grand expedition was -planned, under General Napier, to attack this said Water-kloof, and my -corps was assigned the post of advanced-guard. The first day we reached -Blinkwater Post, where I made the acquaintance of the commander, -W----d; he appeared to me one of the right sort, although rather -uselessly employed. This is one of the great faults of our service, -to place a brilliant, dashing officer to guard an exposed, permanent -position, when a good, stolid, ordinary being would have done quite as -well, if not better. The art of war is like the game of chess, and I -would not give much for the guiding hand that does not know the value -and place of each figure on the board. - -The next day, after a somewhat tiring ascent, we crowned the heights -of the Water-kloof, without firing a shot or seeing many Kaffirs. I -was then ordered to attack the Horse-shoe--a half-circular line of -bush that fringed the precipitous heights. This was a difficult task, -from the formation of the ground and the disheartening reminiscences, -it was murmured, which were attached to the spot. Here it was that -Colonel Fordyce had been lately killed, and the 74th fearfully handled. -The Honourable R. C----, the staff officer who ordered the movement, -pointed in a somewhat vague manner to the centre of the half-moon as -the place on which I was to begin the attack. This undefined indication -left me a considerable margin; so I managed, in the mile of ground -I had to cover before coming within range of the Kaffir guns, to -oblique so much to the right, that I came very near that end of the -Horse-shoe. As I got within range, my men being in very loose order -(this being their first engagement, there was naturally some hesitation -and wavering along the line), a shot fired by some good marksman on the -enemy’s side, brought my orderly, David M‘Intyre, to the ground with a -ball through the chest. - -The whole line stopped as if struck by an electric shock. Another -shot as effective as the last would, I felt sure, send them to the -right-about; so I ran to the front and shouted out, “We shall all be -shot if we remain here in the open! To the bush, my lads! to the bush!” - -The sense of this order was obvious. We shouted “Hurrah!” as much to -drown our own fears as to frighten the enemy; and amidst a rattling -fire, more noisy than dangerous, we, for safety’s sake, gallantly -charged the foe. The Kaffirs and Hottentots were evidently taken by -surprise at this display of gallantry--latterly all the charges had -been on their side. The tables were turned, and instead of red-jackets, -it was for black-skins to fall back. - -Once in the bush, what with cheering and firing, we kept up such a -hullabaloo, that the niggers must have thought all the white devils of -Christendom were let loose upon them. I, who knew where the row came -from, was astonished at the effect upon my own nerves, as the adjoining -rocks reverberated the sound of our advance. We literally chased the -foe like rabbits through the bush, and came out at the other end of -the Horse-shoe, rather disappointed than otherwise in not meeting with -more resistance. We then fell back on the main body, having performed -our task with a decided dash and very slight loss--two killed and five -wounded. As we were quite unmolested by the foe, it was admirable to -see the cool, collected manner in which my men retired--in fact, I was -not at all astonished when General Napier sent a staff officer to thank -us for our gallant and orderly bearing. We now proceeded to breakfast, -and had hardly begun, when the same officer came back and told me to -advance with my men and endeavour to dislodge the Kaffirs from some -rough boulders of rock on the edge of the kloof, some two miles on our -left. Now this order was unadvisable for many reasons: from the lie of -the ground it had no strategical importance; it neither threatened the -enemy’s stronghold, nor in any way interfered with movements we might -make to carry it. - -My men had had a long march, which, combined with the efforts in -clearing out the Horse-shoe, had left us without any physical energy; -whilst there were whole battalions who had not fired a shot, and were -eager for an opportunity to distinguish themselves. - -I, however, kept these reasonings to myself; and giving the men orders -to prepare for action, they sprang to their feet with far more alacrity -than I had a right to expect. - -In going to take up the ground assigned to us as the point of attack, -we passed in front of the main body, and the General came up and shook -hands with me. This cheering token sent us on in good spirits to within -about a thousand yards of the rocks above named. I here sent a small -detachment down a slope of ground that led somewhat to our left, to -threaten, if possible, the flank and rear of the position in our front. - -With the rest of the men I obliqued slightly to the right, with the -same object of turning the rear in that direction also. - -We had advanced about half-way when the guns of Captain Rowley’s -battery opened fire over our heads. This caused considerable -uneasiness; the men were not accustomed to the hurling noise rushing -over their heads from the rear: some ducked, some stopped, others went -on; and the line, which hitherto had been so well kept, assumed a most -zigzag, mob-looking appearance. - -I have often observed that even veterans waver and become confused -under this meteor-discharge overhead. The Kaffirs, however, did not -seem to be much frightened by the shot or the shell. They fielded -for the cannon-shot as they rebounded from the rocks as though they -were cricket-balls. These same balls were much prized as pestles for -grinding purposes. - -As for the shells, they no sooner burst than, in derision, the Kaffirs -picked pieces up and pretended to throw them back at us. But now a -rocket that was intended to astonish the Kaffirs came so close over -us, that the whole line started and ducked their heads in the most -ridiculous fashion. This profound salaam, as we faced the foe, elicited -from them a tremendous shout of approval in return. I profited by this -humility of ours, and as my fellows had their faces so close to the -ground, I ordered them to lie down altogether. “Raise the sighting on -the rifles for six hundred yards. Take steady aim. Fire!” - -At the first discharge the Kaffirs scuttled from the rocks in flying -order, leaving, however, several of their bodies on the ground. So the -Minie rifle did in one minute what six guns and rocket-tubes had been -attempting for the last quarter of an hour. - -In the course of five minutes’ firing not a Kaffir was to be seen; even -the wounded who lay on the ground were left quite uncared for; and what -was far dearer still to a Kaffir’s heart, blankets and _karosses_ were -also left behind. - -I then cautiously advanced to within a short distance of the rocks. The -men lay down once more, to wait for the flanking party to begin on our -left; but they had gone too far down, and when at length they began -firing, it had no influence on the Kaffirs behind the rocks facing -us. It was difficult now to know what to do. The enemy was far too -strong for us to carry the position by a front attack, and my flanking -party seemed, by the sound of the firing, to be rather going from than -approaching us. At this critical moment the recall sounded far away in -the rear, and never sound struck my ear more cheerfully before. We fell -back in the most orderly manner; and the Kaffirs, coming out in great -numbers from behind the rocks to survey our retreat, received a last -volley in return, which quickly sent them to the right-about. - -The Minie rifle taught them this day a lesson which they ever after -identified with my men, and they never forgot its instructive teaching. -We were now sent to take up our quarters near the spot where the -attack had commenced in the morning. We were to remain there until -further orders. A body of the regular forces was also sent to take up -a position about a mile in the rear; while the main body marched back -again to headquarters at Fort Beaufort. - -I immediately set to work, throwing up a defence against a night -attack; and before evening set in--there being an abundance of stone -material at hand--I had thrown up a tolerably strong defence. The next -day was the first at which I assisted at public prayers in the colony. -My men and I were perched on the huge boulders of rock that fringe -the Water-kloof height, and from the depths below arose, in childlike -strains, the glorious morning hymn-- - - “Awake, my soul, and with the sun - Thy daily course of duty run.” - -These sable children were awakening their souls to their daily duty of -cutting white men’s throats. Something like awe crept over me at this -Heaven-beseeching. It was one of those mysterious results of missionary -instruction of which I do not profess to know the A B C; it was giving -to this would-be slayer the name of fratricide. I got up in a hurry and -left the spot. This awakening of Cain made me feel very much as Abel -must have felt had he been able to run away. But these poor Hottentots, -with a strong predilection for settling disputes with their white -brother, after the antediluvian fashion of knocking you upon the head -with a _knobkerrie_, were still much to be pitied, taken as they were -from their boundless homes and pent up in that wooded vale below, -singing of their freedom in Christ, like caged mocking-birds imitating -the hollow sound of words that convey soul-stirring thoughts to man. I -felt more sympathy for them than for those who had brought them to that -state. - -In the course of a few days I had raised a barricade round my camp -strong enough to resist any number of Kaffirs; and having thus secured -a good base of operation, began to look about me as to how I could best -make use of it for offensive movements. Colonel N----, the officer -who commanded the regulars left on the heights, did not at this time -interfere in any manner with my proceedings, so I was left perfectly -free, and decided that, with the small body of men at my disposal, -night attacks were the only reasonable operations to be undertaken with -any hope of permanent success. The Kaffir, lithe, supple, and vicious -as a snake during the heat of the day, loses much of his treacherous -energy at night. Ignorant and superstitious, he would be already half -conquered by further increasing his dread of darkness; while the white -man during the refreshing coolness of night was at his best at the -Cape; and bugle-sounds allowed him to be governed almost as easily as -during the day. I accordingly proceeded cautiously to accustom the men -to the work. We now received in camp a copy of a general order thus -worded:-- - - “HEADQUARTERS, FORT BEAUFORT. - - “General Napier speaks in the highest terms of the discernment - and gallantry displayed by Captain Lakeman, and the bravery and - good conduct of his men on this their first engagement with the - enemy. - - (Signed) “A. J. CLOËTE, - - _Quartermaster-General_.” - -This was very gratifying, and we determined to obtain still further -recognitions of services rendered. In the course of a month we had so -far created a panic by our night attacks, that the Kaffirs evacuated -the whole of the table-land surrounding the Water-kloof, and retired to -the valley and rocky recesses below. - - - - -CHAPTER VII. - - ANOTHER COMBINED ATTACK--SMALL RESULTS--CAPTURE OF MUNDELL’S - PEAK--THANKED A SECOND TIME IN GENERAL ORDERS--EXAMPLE OF - TENACITY OF LIFE--BUILDING FORTS--THE DESCENT INTO THE - WATER-KLOOF--REPROACHES--DISREGARDED ADVICE--AN ATTACK - AND THE CONSEQUENCES--IN DANGER AND UNABLE TO PROCURE - ASSISTANCE--RELIEVED FROM ALL INTERFERENCE BY OTHER COMMANDING - OFFICERS--RECEIVE WRITTEN THANKS OF GENERAL COMMANDING--RECEIVE - ADDITIONAL COMMAND OF NEW COMPANY OF FINGOES--I ASSERT MY RIGHT - OVER PRISONERS--JOHNY FINGO--A SKIRMISH--SAVAGE INDIFFERENCE TO - PHYSICAL PAIN--NIGHT FIGHTING--TREACHERY. - - -Another attack on a still grander scale than the last was now decided -on at headquarters; and the Commander-in-chief, General Cathcart, with -several thousand troops, guns, &c., were accordingly assembled on -the heights overlooking the kloof. It was, however, a somewhat tame -affair. We merely marched round the heights, and only attacked a small -Kaffir village on the edge of a promontory, called Mundell’s Peak, that -advanced like a wedge into the middle of the above-named kloof and -almost divided it in two. - -This operation fell to my share, and was, I think, effectually done -in fair military style. In the general orders issued relating to the -events of the day, it stated:-- - - “In the attack and carrying of Mundell’s Peak, the gallantry - and spirited conduct of Lakeman’s corps and its commander, - it is gratifying to the Commander of the Forces to take this - opportunity to notice. - - (Signed) “A. J. CLOËTE, - - _Quartermaster-General_.” - -During this day I observed a tenacity of life which seemed incredible. -A soldier of the Rifle Brigade, in looking over the edge of the kloof, -was shot through the head. I was on horseback close to him at the time; -I dismounted, propped him up with his pack, picked up the cap which had -been knocked off by the shot, and placed it with my handkerchief over -his face. The body was shortly afterwards put on a stretcher and taken -to Post Reteif, several miles off, then commanded by Captain Bruce -(King Bruce they called him), a gallant and hospitable soldier. On the -evening of the same day I saw the man there, still breathing, with a -hole in his head through which you might have passed a ramrod, and he -only died towards the next morning. - -After this imposing parade of troops, the main force marched back -again to Fort Beaufort; but the Commander-in-chief decided that two -forts were to be constructed on the heights, about a mile to the rear -of where I was stationed. Colonel ----, R. E., was intrusted with the -building of the same; and he placed them in such a curious fashion that -they could not be defended without firing into one another--that is to -say, the enemy, had he wished it, might have quietly encamped between -the two and defied either to fire a shot. I pointed out this fact to -the gallant colonel; but he assured me he had taken into consideration -that the Kaffirs had not sufficient sense to discover this undoubted -weakness in his plan. - -The heights having thus become free, I next proceeded to feel the way -down into the Water-kloof itself. There was no greater difficulty in -this than in what I had already done; in short, the Kaffirs had got -such a wholesome dread of my corps, that the trouble was to get near -them. Before a month had elapsed in this sort of work, I had traversed -the kloof from one end to the other; and the few sable gentlemen who -still held to this home of theirs had taken refuge on the rocks on the -opposite ridge, or what we used to call the Dead Man’s Home, owing to -the bones of some of our men remaining unburied there. One morning, in -returning from an expedition in the Water-kloof, where I had captured -the few remaining cattle left to the enemy, Brigadier-General N----t, -who commanded the defenceless forts constructed by Colonel ----, sent -for me; and at his request I gave all the information I possessed -concerning the Water-kloof, stating, among other matters, what I had -done on the previous night. He said he was afraid I was doing more harm -than good by this night work; it was an irregular and unmilitary mode -of proceeding; that he had thought the matter over, and intended to -clear the place out that day in a really effectual manner. - -I warned him that the enemy was driven to desperation, and capable -of mad freaks of revenge that would certainly entail serious loss if -attacked during the day; and as a proof of their present state, they -had that morning followed me almost into camp, and once or twice I -felt convinced by their bearing they were half inclined to attack it. -Now, if left to themselves for a few days longer, half starved and -discouraged, they would probably leave of their own accord that part -of the country. The General, however, pooh-poohed my reasoning, and -shortly afterwards marched out with all his forces, composed of the -60th Rifles, the 74th, the 91st, a battery of artillery, rocket-tubes, -&c.--in fact, a most formidable body of men, and equal, if properly -handled, to beat easily the same number of the best troops in Europe. -They proceeded towards Mundell’s Peak, and I went to lie down as was my -wont after passing a night out. - -In the afternoon I was awakened by the sound of big guns and heavy -musketry close at hand. On looking out, I saw, about a mile off, in -the open, General N----t engaged with the enemy. I could easily make -out that he was somewhat severely pressed, so calling for men to follow -me, I made as quickly as I could to the front. I met on the way Captain -S----n of the Rifles, with a party of men, axes in hand, falling back -to the rear. Captain S----n cried out that I had better look to myself. -He himself had been told off to cut a road into the kloof, but they -had been driven back, and N----t was beaten. I, however, still went -on; and gathering as I went some of the men who were retreating, came -up to the line of fire, and faced the pursuing Kaffirs. When I had a -sufficient number in hand to give an impetus to the movement, with -a rattling cheer we went at the Kaffirs, who at once fell back, and -eventually we pursued them almost to Mundell’s Peak. Here our real -difficulties began. I had to return to the camp, but there were no -supports to fall back upon; for none of the regulars, except those with -me, had followed my onward movement. To increase the difficulties, -there were several wounded to carry and no stretchers to lay them on. -In this dilemma I sent Lieutenant H----d to ask General N----t for the -required support. He did not return. I then sent Sergeant Herridge, -who, after great delay, owing to the difficulty in finding the General, -whom he at length discovered breakfasting, returned with the message -that he had no time nor men to spare, and I must return the best way -I could. Thank God, we did get back, but had a narrow squeak for it. -On the first movement I made to retire, the Kaffirs hurried to our -left flank, near the edge of the kloof, to cut us off. I followed in -the same direction, and that so closely that I drove the greater part -of them over it; and so that effort of theirs became fruitless. While -doing this others had run forward on my right flank, which was out in -the open; but here also the Minie rifle did its task right well, and -beat them back. Thus alternately struggling on both flanks, I got at -last to some rocks about a mile from the camp. Here I halted until -Lieutenant H----d, whom I now saw approaching with the men (who had, -on my sudden departure, been left behind), came and relieved me of -all further fears. It was now, on questioning Lieutenant H----d as to -his delay--questions which were not very audible, owing to the firing -still going on--that he interpreted some words amiss, and the next day, -much to my regret, resigned. After some still further delay, owing -to the desperate attempts the Kaffirs made to turn our position, we -eventually returned safely to camp, bringing all our wounded with us. -After this affair I did not conceal my opinion of General N----t’s -conduct towards me that day; and D----e, a fine young fellow of the -74th (the “British bull-dog” they called him), thought it incumbent -upon himself to ask for an explanation on the part of the regulars. -This, R----y of the Artillery--a thorough officer and gentleman, be -it said--kindly gave him for me. He appeared satisfied, and thus the -matter ended. In the report I made of this affair, I stated matters -as they virtually occurred; and a few days after, an order arrived in -camp from headquarters, stating that no officer of any rank whatever -was to interfere with my movements, but, on the contrary, to give -me whatever help I asked for; and Colonel S----t, secretary to the -Commander-in-chief, sent me the following, enclosed with a kind -letter:-- - - “TO CAPTAIN LAKEMAN. - - “FORT BEAUFORT, _Aug._ 31, 1852. - - “SIR,--Having submitted your report of the 29th inst., I am - directed to convey to you, by desire of the Commander of - the Forces, his Excellency’s satisfaction with the constant - activity and military energy you have displayed since you - have been engaged in the operations in the vicinity of the - Water-kloof. - - (Signed) “A. J. CLOËTE, - - _Quartermaster-General_.” - -A native levy of Fingoes was now adjoined to my command. This -strengthened my position considerably; but what gave me an absolute -power over the native population of the district was an event which -occurred concerning some Kaffir prisoners in my camp. It happened thus: -While out coursing one day, a short distance from my quarters, I saw -a considerable stir there going on, and ultimately a string of men -went from thence to a by-path on the ridge of the hill, which led down -towards Blinkwater Post. It was evidently an escort of prisoners, and I -was greatly exercised by the thought of where these came from, knowing -that there were none excepting those in my camp, with whom no one had -the right to interfere. I sent a man on horseback to inquire into the -matter. He came back and reported that they were the very prisoners in -question, and that they were being removed by General N----t’s orders -to Fort Beaufort. I galloped immediately back, and told the officer in -command of the escort that he could not proceed: these prisoners were -mine, and had been taken in an engagement in which none but my own men -had been employed. They were also necessary to me for the information -they could give as to the whereabouts of the rest of the tribe. After -a long and painful interview of more than an hour, the prisoners were -taken back to my camp, escorted by my own men. The Fingoes in my new -levy, after this act of mine, used to call me “Government,” from, -I was told, the fact of their always hearing this word spoken of in -relation to her Majesty’s proclamations in the colony, which always -began with, “Whereas her Majesty’s Government.” But let the fact be as -it may, from that day they were implicit followers of mine. - -Johnny Fingo, their chief, was a tall, powerful fellow, who spoke -Kaffir perfectly well; and passing himself off as such, used to make -excursions among the tribes in revolt, and bring me back most useful -information. One day, however, as if to punish me for my hardly just -and certainly arrogant act in taking back the prisoners as above -related, he led me into a painfully false position. He reported having -found out, some seven miles on the other side of Post Reteif, the -encampment of the Kaffirs that my night attacks had driven out of the -Water-kloof. I proceeded with him and a small escort to the place -indicated--a deep kloof in the mountains--and certainly saw a large -number of fires therein. On returning we fell in with a small outpost -of the enemy, consisting of five men, who were crowded together in a -rude hut, dividing among themselves some womanly apparel, evidently -the fruits of plunder. Johnny Fingo, in his haste to shoot these poor -devils, whom we had stealthily crept upon (having seen their camp-fire -a long way off), forgot to put a cap on his rifle, and as the gun only -snapped fire as he pulled the trigger, some three or four feet from -the head of one of the disputing marauders, he received in return a -lunge from an assegai through his thigh. The rest jumped suddenly -up, and an indiscriminate _mêlée_ took place. Poor Dix received a -fearful crack on the skull from a _knobkerrie_ (he was never perfectly -right afterwards); Johnny Fingo got another stab in the legs, and, -what affected him still more, his beautiful “Westley-Richards” -double-barrelled rifle, which he had obtained Heaven knows how, was -irretrievably damaged. His younger brother, a smart lad, had his -windpipe nearly torn out by a Kaffir’s teeth. In short, they fought -tooth and nail, like so many wild beasts. It was only after we had been -all more or less scarred, that two of the five were taken prisoners, -the other three not giving in till killed. - -I here had an opportunity of observing the utter indifference to -physical pain which the black man exhibits. Johnny, although badly -wounded and unable to stand, was bemoaning his broken rifle as -it lay across his knees; and while I was bandaging his brother’s -horribly-lacerated throat, he repeatedly asked me as to the possibility -of getting the indented barrels of his rifle rebent to their original -shape. - -On our return to the camp I immediately set about the preparations for -what I considered would be a rather hazardous undertaking--namely, to -drive out the Kaffirs from the kloof in which I had lately seen them. - -Anxious also to renew my relations with the regulars, after my late -_mal entendu_ concerning the disposal of prisoners, I proposed a joint -expedition, which was eagerly accepted by Colonel H----d of the Rifle -Brigade. Four days afterwards we proceeded to the spot in question, and -not a Kaffir was to be seen, and even their traces had been carefully -obliterated. I never was more mortified in my life; it looked to me -as though I had been attempting something even worse than a stupid -practical joke. Colonel H----d was, however, excessively considerate -in the matter, and affected to be perfectly satisfied--although but -the very faintest marks of the enemy’s passage could be discovered. - -The country being now perfectly free for many miles around, I made -long patrols to distant parts, coming at times in contact with small -parties of the enemy, but too disheartened to make a stand. One night, -in returning after a rather longer absence than usual, I found a -somewhat large number of Kaffirs assembled in the abandoned village -on Mundell’s Peak. I may here mention that, as I always marched the -men by night and reposed them by day, many rencontres of this sort -occurred--that is to say, that after pursuing the foe for several -days, we were often confronted in a manner as surprising to the one -as to the other. I placed the men in a straight line from one edge of -the peak to the other, ordering them to lie down, and await daylight -before opening fire. Stretching myself on the ground, just in front of -Sergeant Shelley, I gave, at the break of day, the order to fire; when, -directly afterwards, poor Shelley struggled to his feet, and fell back -again, groaning fearfully. He was shot through the heels. The ball -that effected this came down the line, and evidently from one of our -own men--for on either flank there were sudden dips of several hundred -feet, which rendered it impossible for a shot from the foe to come from -thence. - -This cowardly shot, which had been aimed at my own head, the men -declared came from Waine. He, however, denied it so stoutly, and no -one having seen him actually fire in our direction, I took no overt -steps in the matter as to bringing him up for it; but I determined -never to take him out again for night service. And on after-thoughts -I recollected several unaccountable shots that had passed by me -during our nocturnal expeditions; and although I sincerely pitied -poor Shelley, I could not help feeling thankful that through the -misfortune to him I had got rid of Waine. Shelley eventually recovered -sufficiently to go with me to the Crimea, where he died. - -The end of Waine was like a judgment upon him, as I shall now attempt -to describe. Always left in camp, it was his task to clean the -firelocks when the men returned after night expeditions. This he had -to do whether any firing took place or not, as the heavy dews rendered -the cartridges unreliable for further use if left in the guns. On one -occasion a man gave him his firelock to clean, telling him it merely -wanted wiping out, as it was unloaded. Waine did this, but could not -clear the nipple, and after several attempts he took the weapon back to -his owner, telling him of the fact. A cap was then put on, and Waine, -holding out his hand, told him to fire, and see for himself. The man -pulled the trigger, the gun exploded and blew Waine’s hand to pieces. -It appeared that, unwittingly, it had been left loaded. Waine was -removed, and shortly afterwards died of lock-jaw. - - - - -CHAPTER VIII. - - FORMIDABLE ATTACK ON WATER-KLOOF--THE “BLACKSMITH’S - SHOP”--SLIGHTLY WOUNDED OVER THE EYEBROW--DICTATE REPORT TO - COLONEL CLOËTE IN PRESENCE OF GENERAL--I AM OMITTED IN GENERAL - ORDERS--PROCEED TO GRAHAM’S TOWN TO REQUEST REVISION OF THE - ORDER--INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL CATHCART--RECEIVE GENERAL ORDER - TO MYSELF--OFFERS OF GRANTS OF LAND FOR THE MEN WHO WISHED TO - SETTLE--REMOVE TO BLAKEWAY’S FARM. - - -News now arrived in camp that the Commander-in-chief, with all the -forces at his disposal, consisting of several thousand British -soldiers, with native levies and batteries of artillery, was expected -in the neighbourhood of the Water-kloof, and to clear out that Kaffir -stronghold which had caused the shedding of so much blood, and to -some extent had tarnished, if not the fame, at least the prestige, -of British arms. On the 11th July I received orders to make the -necessary preparations, and on the following night to proceed to the -Water-kloof, where I should be joined by Colonel Eyre with the 73d. -The 73d were called the Cape Greyhounds. By their training they had -become the most effective fighting regiment at the Cape, and had never -left a wounded or dead man behind in the hands of the foe. As might be -expected, Colonel Eyre himself was a most daring, energetic officer; -and Colonel H----d and he showed great promise of becoming remarkable -commanders. According to the instructions I received, I started that -evening to the Water-kloof; and knowing all the winding ins and outs -of the place, found myself before daybreak in the centre of the kloof, -having been opposed on my way by a few Hottentot deserters. These were -readily known by the use they made of the bugle. They took refuge on -the top of a solitary mound, which stood somewhat lower down in the -valley, towards Mundell’s Peak, and which was called the “Blacksmith’s -Shop,” from the fact of its being the place where these same deserters -(some of whom had been armourers in the Cape corps) used to repair -the enemy’s firelocks. I waited where I was until ten o’clock, and -seeing no appearance of Colonel Eyre, I determined to clear out the -above-named shop, and there await further orders. Firstly, I was -induced to do this by the Hottentots, who, seeing my inaction, had -crept somewhat disagreeably close, and opened a galling fire; and -secondly, by the supposition that if, by some mischance, Colonel Eyre -should not appear, I was by my inaction increasing the boldness of -the foe, and thereby adding to the difficulties of my retreat should -I be compelled to make one. This affair took more time than I had -anticipated: the day was hot, the men had eaten no food, the hill a -steep one, and the Totties tenacious of their last grasp on what had -been for so many months a safe home for them in the midst of a British -army. - -In charging up the hill, a shot came so close to my head that I confess -I ducked most humbly, but was so much ashamed of this act of mine -that I pretended very awkwardly to have stumbled. Scrambling hastily -up, I received another shot just over the eyebrow, which whirled my -helmet off, and left me bare-pated before the cheering Totties. But I, -considering that more danger lay in the deadly rays of the sun than -in their uncertain aim, took off my coat, and placed it round my head; -and in this Red Riding-hood fashion, amidst the laughter of the men, we -charged up the remainder of the hill, and drove the Totties out of the -place. - -Here we found some provisions, and were sitting down to the meal, when -artillery opening down in the valley told us that her Majesty’s army -was fighting its way up to where we were quietly breakfasting. - -Colonel Eyre now appeared on the heights to our left; Brigadier -B----r surveyed us at the same time on our right; Brigadier N----t -looked on in our rear; while General Cathcart and his brilliant staff -were espying us with their Dollonds in front, perhaps. I should have -laughed outright had I not seen such things before during my Algerian -campaigns, and at Astley’s. - -Hastily finishing our repast, gathering the prisoners together, with -a few heads of cattle--not forgetting the anvil, hammer, bellows, -tongs, &c., we had found in the above-mentioned shop--I proceeded to -the headquarters of the Commander-in-chief and reported progress. I -found him toasting a chop on a ramrod. Poor General Cathcart! He was a -valiant soldier, but had no more intuitive knowledge of Kaffir warfare -than he displayed intuition against the Russians at Inkerman. His was -a bold soul in a skeleton’s frame; there was no material vitality in -what he did; his efforts were spasmodic and unnatural. I laid down the -trophies of my victory, taken from the shop, at the General’s feet, -and Colonel Cloëte gravely wrote down from my dictation the details -of our proceedings. Prisoners and cattle were handed over to the -proper authorities, and my men and I went to our quarters amidst the -congratulations of all around--they, no doubt, as puzzled as myself to -discover what there was worthy of thanks in our conduct that day. - -As proudly, however, as so many Redan heroes, we marched off with -our laurels, whatever their real value might be. But if _we_ were so -modest, General Cathcart was more outspoken; he was determined to -unveil to the gaze of the world our blushing honours: a grand general -order came out--Falstaff’s men in buckram went down like stupid -wooden-headed skittles compared to the ebony-headed niggers I had -bowled over that day. - -I was perfectly astounded. The General, however, had made one slight -mistake in the hurry of the moment; my name had been _left out_, -and in its place general officers had been mentioned, getting warm -thanks for the able measures they had taken for carrying out the -Commander-in-chief’s plan to clear the Water-kloof. Those who had not -that day seen a shot fired, or a prisoner taken, nor even had a distant -view of the Blacksmith’s Shop, were dragged before the British public -as worthy recipients of well-earned thanks. This, I thought, was rather -too serious a mistake, so I determined to lay the matter once more -before the Commander-in-chief and ask for a revision of his general -order. - -In furtherance of this, I proceeded to headquarters, at Graham’s Town. -On arrival I explained the object of my journey to Colonel S----, who -told me it was perfectly right that something should be done, but he -hardly knew how to set about it, and referred me to Colonel Cloëte -as the proper person to apply to. I was, however, of Happy Jack’s -opinion, not to appeal to a subordinate when I could get a hearing from -the Commander; so, without more ado, I presented myself _in propriâ -personâ_ to the General, who was sitting in the adjoining room at the -time. - -After his inquiries as to the object of my journey, I asked him as -quietly as the emotions then striving within me would allow, that -my efforts in the late clearing out of the Water-kloof should be -mentioned in the same kind manner in which he had stated my previous -services--and if he thought it requisite for the public good to -publish the names of officers who had not seen a shot fired that -day, I hoped he would consider that my name had still juster claims -for his acknowledgment. The General rose in a towering passion, -exclaiming that if I did not resign immediately he would have me tried -by court-martial. I replied that, if he would consent to my stating -the real causes for sending in my resignation, I was ready to pen it -there and then before him. After a pause he asked me to be seated, and -placing himself on a camp-stool, the old soldier began conning the -matter over to himself, looking towards me at times more inquiringly -than decided as to which of the two had the best of the case. His -womanly weakness to please the great men at home had evidently led him -to pander a little too much to their acquaintances out here, whilst I, -whom he personally liked, had been unduly neglected. The thought was -galling; but at last he rose, and said he had not forgotten me, but -thought it better to mention my name in a different manner; and was -then occupied in sending his despatches home to the Horse Guards, in -which he had asked for a military appointment for me in India. “Leave -me now,” he added, “and tomorrow you shall have a general order also.” - -In fulfilment of this promise, Colonel S---- called upon me the next -day, with “Here, Lakeman, is what you asked for--a general order all -to yourself--while the rest of us only get mentioned in a lump. I am, -however, pleased at the result of your interview with the General. I -could not help hearing in the next room that it was rather hot at one -time; but all’s well that ends well--give us your hand.” No mention -by me could have done kind-hearted, brave Colonel S---- any good, -dead or alive; but now that he has laid down his life for his country, -he belongs somewhat to all that remain; and I wish to say how much I -respected and liked him. Had he not been so much above me in station -and favour, I should add still more to my panegyric. - - “HEADQUARTERS, GRAHAM’S TOWN, - _October_ 7, 1852. - - “Lakeman’s Volunteer Corps, from their good conduct and the - gallantry of their commander, not only in the recent clearing - out of the Water-kloof, but also on many previous occasions, - will be called for the future the Water-kloof Rangers. - - (Signed) A. J. CLOËTE, - _Quartermaster-General_.” - -Thus ended my only disagreement on military matters of this kind at -the Cape. I rather cemented than otherwise my relations with the -Commander-in-chief, but became the acknowledged enemy of Colonel -Cloëte, the Quartermaster-general, who, I had good reason for -believing, had been the originator of the dispute in question. - -The ill-will, however, was all on his side; he had taken a great -dislike, it seemed, to my method of discussing military and political -matters in general; we were especially divided as to the meaning of -_colonial allegiance_; and the fact of us being both of Dutch origin -did not mend matters in a colony in which the inhabitants had such -different objects in view as the Dutch and English settlers had. - -I returned next day to the front with an offer I had in my possession -from the Commander-in-chief to any of the men who wished to establish -themselves on the frontier as military settlers, of a small but -comfortable homestead, sufficient cattle and means to begin farming -with, and future help should necessity require it, on the condition of -their presenting themselves for military service whenever called upon -by her Majesty’s Government. I kept this offer by me, never seeing my -way perfectly clear to make use of it. The men were not of the right -sort to cement goodwill between natives and settlers, but the matter -got winded about among them, and much increased the difficulties of my -command. On the slightest reproof they would flaunt before me their -titles as farmers in prospective; and this they carried on to such a -ridiculous excess, that I have known them, when under the influence -of drink, attempt to turn men out of public-houses under the pretext -that they were not fit associates for gentlemen farmers. I had also -an order that freed me from any authority, military or civil, in -the discharge of the duty of keeping clear of Kaffirs the district -around Fort Beaufort; also another giving me the liberty of fixing my -headquarters anywhere within ten miles of that place. I accordingly -selected Blakeway’s Farm as the most suitable spot for carrying out my -instructions, and immediately removed there. - -The Commander-in-chief was now ready for his grand expedition into -Basutoland. This carrying of the war into distant parts was, as far -as I could judge, a most unwise undertaking. The colony, and more -particularly its frontier, was in a far too unsettled state to receive -an accession of territory with benefit to itself or profit to the land -annexed; while the costly expedient of retaining several thousand -British troops at the Cape for the sake of punishing Basutos, was like -keeping up a large hawking establishment of peregrine falcons to chase -some troublesome crows. A few police jackets stuffed with Government -proclamations would have done the work equally well. - -This untimely craving for excitement beyond the pale of legitimate -hereditary succession has always been the bane of young colonies--and -also, alas! of rapidly wearing out motherlands. A violent extension of -boundaries cannot easily be justified. Violence begets violence; and -nothing will rankle so much in the minds of men, from generation to -generation, as the idea that they have been unjustly deprived of their -forefathers’ land. - - - - -CHAPTER IX. - - KAFFIR CHARACTERISTICS--THE CRUELTIES OF WAR--NO REAL SYMPATHY - BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE--KAFFIR CRUELTIES--NIGHT ATTACK ON A - KAFFIR VILLAGE--WOUNDED PRISONER--“DOCTOR” DIX--KAFFIRS BECOME - RARE--CAPTURE OF NOZIAH, SANDILLI’S SISTER--SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF - HER ATTENDANT--SERGEANT HERRIDGE. - - -It was during this period, while all elements of warfare at the -Cape were dying of exhaustion, that I had time to observe many -characteristics of the Kaffir race. - -One remarkable trait in their character is their sterling singleness -of purpose in whatever they undertake. Whatever task a Kaffir has in -hand, he does it thoroughly--no hesitation, no swerving from the object -proposed; there is a childlike belief in the possible attainment of -whatever they seek, which seems incredible to those who know the folly -of the searcher. - -Two small pieces of stick joined together by a strip of leather, and -blessed by a witch-doctor, would enable him to face death, in any -shape, undismayed, secure in the thought that he possesses a talisman -which renders him invulnerable. - -A Kaffir will chase a whim, a freak, or a fancy as persistently and -as eagerly as a schoolboy will chase a butterfly until he sinks from -exhaustion. - -I have seen a native woman seated on the ground, mirroring herself in -a bit of broken glass, and vainly trying to reduce her crisp woolly -locks into some faint semblance of an Englishwoman’s flowing hair. -Thus she would comb and comb, in the useless effort to make herself as -artificial as the life she saw reflected there. - -Reaction with them is naturally as intense as the previous excitement. -A Kaffir who has been risking his life so recklessly to defend his -home, will, when defeated, become wholly heedless of what remains--wife -and children, goods and chattels, may perish before he will awake from -his prostration and stretch out a finger to save them. - -I have seen a native deserter condemned to be hanged, point to the men -who were tying the noose on the branch of a tree, and explain by signs -that the knot was too long for him to freely swing between the branch -and the ground. - -I have seen another, wounded in the leg, and unable to walk to the -place of execution, when placed on my pony to carry him there, urge on -the animal to the spot, and when the knot had been placed round his -neck, give the “click” that sent the pony on and left him swinging -there. - -A Kaffir woman, driven from her hut, refuses to be burdened with her -child on the march, and if placed by force in her arms, will drop the -little thing on the first favourable occasion on the roadside to die. - -Men and women, huddled together as prisoners after an engagement, -appear utterly indifferent to one another’s sufferings; the husband -will not share his rations with his wife (unless ordered to do so), nor -will she share hers with him. - -A Kaffir child will ask you for the beads you have promised him for -bringing you to the hut in which you are going to shoot his own father. - -I have heard and seen many horrible things, but this I must say, that -the most atrocious villains, and the most lovable beings on the face of -God’s earth, are to be found among the white men. A more kind-hearted -soul than Sergeant Shelley could never be conceived; and another man -in my corps used to carry about, concealed under his jacket, a broken -reaping-hook, to cut the throats of the women and children we had taken -prisoners on our night expeditions. - -As another proof of what men may become in time of warfare, Dix one -morning came to inform me that I could not have my usual bath in the -small copper vat in which I had been accustomed to take my matutinal -tubbing. Upon further inquiries I found that it had been used for a -purpose which I will attempt to describe. - -Doctor A---- of the 60th had asked my men to procure him a few native -skulls of both sexes. This was a task easily accomplished. One morning -they brought back to camp about two dozen heads of various ages. As -these were not supposed to be in a presentable state for the doctor’s -acceptance, the next night they turned my vat into a caldron for -the removal of superfluous flesh. And there these men sat, gravely -smoking their pipes during the live-long night, and stirring round and -round the heads in that seething boiler, as though they were cooking -black-apple dumplings. - -One morning two Kaffir boys, that had been found by the men marauding -on the outskirts of our camp, were brought to me, and by the offer I -made of blankets and beads, were led to promise they would guide us -to where the rest of the tribe lay concealed in a deep glen between -the stony ridges that ribbed off from the Water-kloof heights. In -furtherance of this object I started with a small detachment of forty -men under Lieutenant Charlton. The summit of the kloof was wrapped in -heavy clouds, and in passing through the hoary woods which fringed -the foot of the hill, grave doubts came over me as to whether I was -justified (now that the war was ebbing to a close, and had taken a -decided turn in our favour) in thus tempting children to betray their -parents; and as these boys were cautiously feeling their way to the -front, like mute slot-hounds picking up an uncertain trail, it appeared -to me that we were more like revengeful pursuers hunting down poor -fugitive slaves, than man going to meet man and fight out our disputed -rights in fair play. God’s will be done! but the task assigned to the -white man is often a difficult one. - -At one time he appears as a sort of legal hangman in the name of -Nature’s undefined laws; at another, simply a murderer; at a third -time, as I hardly know which of the two. Nevertheless, one conviction -always comes back with a desolating pertinacity amidst all my doubts, -and that is--we never can be equals, in peace or in war; _one_ of the -two must give way; and as neither will do so while life lasts, Death -can be the only arbitrator to settle the dispute. - -Many and many a time have I held out the hand of good-fellowship to -the negro, but have never felt him clasp mine with the same heartfelt -return. It has either been with a diffident pressure, as though -something still concealed remained between us, or with a subtle -slippery clasp, which gave one the idea of a snake wriggling in the -hand, seeking when and where to bite. - -Thus communing with myself, I followed hesitatingly the heels of the -Kaffir children; when they suddenly stopped, and pointing to some -faint glimmering lights that appeared, in the murky atmosphere of the -valley, to be far off, but in reality were close at hand, asked for -the blankets I had promised, for there stood the huts in which their -parents slept whom they had brought me to shoot! I halted the men, -and ordered them to lie down: and there we lay, stretched out on the -ground, within sixty yards of the village, watching the Kaffirs come -out to tend their fires, and endeavour to conceal the glare, as though -afraid of attracting attention, then cautiously looking round, retire -to rest again inside their little branch-covered huts. - -While thus lying and watching to our front, some cautious footsteps -from the rear were heard approaching, and several Kaffirs, finding -out their mistake too late to fall back, threaded their way through -our ranks as though the men were but so many logs of wood instead of -the deadly foes they knew us to be. The last of these stragglers was -leading a horse which obliged him to stop, as the brute stood snorting -over one of the men--it refused to pass by. At length it made a plunge -forward, and its heels coming disagreeably close to the man’s head as -it landed on the other side, he rose, with a good hearty oath. The -Kaffir, however, proceeded stolidly on his way. - -These Kaffirs stopped at the huts and spoke to the people around -them, but evidently did not communicate the knowledge of our presence -to their friends, for they retired again quietly to rest. My horse, -Charlie--a good, sensible animal as ever a man bestrode (it was the -charger that General Cathcart had given me)--having winded the horse -the Kaffir had lately led through our ranks, threw off the hood his -head was usually covered with to prevent his attention being drawn to -other cattle while we were lying in wait around villages, and began to -neigh. Out swarmed the Kaffirs like bees aroused harshly from their -hives. They evidently knew the loud neighing of my entire horse did -not proceed from one of their small Kaffir ponies, who, in their turn, -were now replying to Charlie. Before a minute had passed, our men had -opened fire, and the Kaffirs in return were hurling back to us their -assegais. This did not last long. With a loud cheer the huts were -charged. Soon all was over; and after pulling out the dead and the -wounded, we set fire to the village. - -During the fight, a little Kaffir boy, who had been curled up in a -_kaross_, had received a bullet in the sole of his foot, which, passing -up the leg, had smashed several inches of the bone. As he was being -rolled over and over whilst the men were dragging the _kaross_ from -under him, he explained to me, by signs, his impossibility to rise. He -stretched out his little bronzed fingers towards me; and his childish, -olive face, lit up by the glare of the fire from the burning hut, -looked to me like the illuminated countenance of the infant St John -which one often sees in medieval pictures, and I could not help taking -up the little fellow in my arms and giving him a hearty kiss. I could -not leave him in his helpless condition; yet how were we to get him -back to the camp? His leg was quite smashed. The man whom I tipped -with a sovereign to carry him, found it dangling about in the most -sickening manner, and at last gave up the job. The only chance left was -to have an amputation performed. To this the child submitted without -a murmur; and Dix, my cook, took the limb off at the knee in a manner -that would have astonished a London surgeon. This was not the first -“case” on which Dix had tried his “’prentice hand;” for some time past -his vocation had been that of head surgeon and barber in general to the -corps. - -The little patient arrived eventually at the camp all right; and it -may perhaps interest my readers to hear that a wooden leg was made for -him, on which he used to stump off extraordinary Kaffir reels that -might have given a new idea to some of those bonnie Scotchmen who -indulge in the Highland fling. But the most profitable feat for the -little performer was the following:--In a small stream that flowed -some two hundred yards in front of Blakeway’s Farm, the men had made -a large pond for bathing, by sinking the bed of the river. Over it a -small platform was erected from which one might take a plunge. To this -spot the little Kaffir was led whenever visitors arrived at the camp -(and this often occurred, now that the war was drawing to a close). -There, one end of a string being tied to his wooden leg, and the other -fastened to a fishing-rod, he popped into the water like a large frog, -and went down to the bottom, while up rose his leg like a float. Then -began the exciting struggle of landing this queer fish; and when this -was achieved, amid roars of laughter, a shower of coppers was sure to -make up for his ducking. - -The country around Fort Beaufort had now become so free from Kaffirs, -that the men would often, after roll-call, of an evening go in twos -and threes, without their firelocks, into the town, and return again -before next morning’s _réveillé_, laden with calibashes filled with -Cape-smoke. I may mention that this is the name of an intoxicating -liquor made from the prickly pear or Cape cactus. - -To prevent these irregular proceedings, Sergeant Herridge used to -patrol the road with a party of men; and one evening he brought back an -old woman, two middle-aged ones, and a young girl, whom he had found -in a kloof adjoining the before-mentioned road. The girl was called -“Noziah.” We soon found out that she was no less important a personage -than the sister of the Kaffir chief Sandilli, who, with “Macomo,” was -the greatest opponent to British power at the Cape. The old lady was -the principal attendant, the two others the “lady-helps,” of the party. -The former was a most communicative personage. After relating the -splendour of the young damsel’s origin, and the responsibilities under -which she herself laboured, as being the duenna to whose care Sandilli -had confided so incomparable a treasure, she asked to be allowed to -go on her way, and report progress to her mighty chief. The ancient -dame was quite a character, and I felt interested on her behalf; and -explained, through Johnny Fingo, that she was at perfect liberty to go -where she liked--adding that, during her absence, I would look after -the welfare of her charge, and that Sandilli might expect to see his -sister return as she had been confided to my care. - -The old lady, after expressing, by profound salutations, her gratitude -to me, was on the point of departing, when Sergeant Herridge remarked -that she wore a wonderful necklace of lions’ and leopards’ teeth strung -together, and that he would like to have it. On this being explained -to the old woman, she stoutly refused to part with it, saying it was -a charmed token, an heirloom in her family, and had belonged formerly -to a great witch-doctor, of whom she was the lineal descendant. There, -for the moment, ended the matter, and shortly afterwards she started on -her journey alone. Sergeant Herridge was observed to follow her; and -just after she had disappeared behind the brow of the hill that rose -over Blakeway’s Farm towards the Water-kloof, a shot was heard, and the -sergeant came back with his leather jacket spattered with blood. - -The next day the old woman’s body was found; and as the men believed -that she had been murdered by Herridge, he was in consequence shunned; -for however brutally cruel many of them were, killing without mercy all -that came in their way when engaged in fight, young as well as old, -even braining little children--yet this was done against the supposed -deadly enemies of their race, and not in cold blood for the sake of -plunder. - -It must not even be supposed that men could be brought into this -savage state of mind without many harrowing causes of anger. I have -not related the many proofs we had had of the fiendish ferocity of our -foes. We had all seen the victims, or the remains, of their abominable -tortures: women disembowelled, and their unborn progeny laid before -them; men mutilated, and their amputated members placed in derision -to adorn their yet living bodies, their wounds exposed to flies and -maggots, and fated to feel death thus crawling loathsomely over them. -All this had exasperated the men into frenzy. We all knew what awaited -us if we fell into their power. It is true that people at home, who -descant quietly on the rights of man, may have some difficulty in -realising the feelings of the men. - -As this supposed case of murder was not reported to me for several -days, and when at last I inspected the place where the deed was said -to have been committed, the old woman’s body had been so much eaten -up by jackals, &c., as to be no longer recognisable as to which sex it -belonged, I left the matter alone. Herridge in the meantime stoutly -denied to all that he had committed the crime. About a month afterwards -he expressed a wish to leave the corps and rejoin the police. Knowing -his, to say the least of it, uncomfortable position, I allowed him to -do so, giving him letters stating the services he had rendered during -the war, to facilitate his readmission into the police force, from -whence he had in reality deserted. - -This is one instance of the many _laches_ which occurred in my corps, -and which, as the authorities took no positive notice of it, I was only -too glad to pretend to ignore. - -On my return to England in the following spring, I was asked, on -passing through Graham’s Town, to go and visit a man then lying in -the hospital there, and who had formerly belonged to my corps. I -accordingly went, and found the man to be Sergeant Herridge. I was -shocked to see the emaciated state to which his powerful frame had been -reduced, and the haggard, shifting look of his once fearless eye. His -right hand and arm had withered to the bone; and as he held it propped -up with the other before me, he said, “That did it, sir; the Almighty -has blasted it; the old woman is revenged. I knew by the look she gave -me when dying that all was not settled between us; but she has never -left gnawing at that arm since, and now she is sucking away at my -brains. Tell me, sir, will she leave me alone when I am dead?” - -Poor Herridge! His deed was a cruel one, and he suffered cruelly -for it. Doctor B---- of the 12th, who attended him, remarked that -he had never seen a case in which the power of the mind so visibly -affected the body. When first brought under his charge, the man merely -complained of rheumatism in the arm, and insisted on the fact that it -was drying it up; and in the course of two months, during which he was -continually staring at it, it had in effect withered to the bone. - - - - -CHAPTER X. - - NOZIAH AT BLAKEWAY’S FARM--BECOMES A FAVOURITE WITH THE - MEN--WISHES TO RECONCILE ME TO HER BROTHER SANDILLI--EXPEDITION - SENT OUT TO FIND SANDILLI AND ARRANGE FOR AN INTERVIEW--RETURNS - AFTER TWENTY-THREE DAYS’ ABSENCE--I GO WITH NOZIAH TO MEET HER - BROTHER--SANDILLI’S WAR-COUNCIL--ANGRY RECEPTION--I OBTAIN A - HEARING--SANDILLI’S REPLY--OFFERS TO MEET GENERAL CATHCART AND - MAKE AN EXPLANATION TO HIM--DEMORALISING EFFECT OF EXPOSING - LIFE IN FIGHTING. - - -Meanwhile Noziah had made herself very comfortable at Blakeway’s -Farm, and had picked up enough Dutch and English words to make her -wishes known to me on most subjects. There was a certain charm about -the dusky maiden, who possessed all the subtle graces of her tribe. -She soon became the presiding deity of our camp. To her all appealed -in time of sickness or want; none could refuse a request that came -from her lips, and none was more willing than myself to submit to her -winning guidance. I thought thereby I was acknowledging the influence -of a power best calculated to bring all races under British sway. As -our intimacy increased, she became possessed of the fixed desire to -make me the friend of her brother Sandilli. She was so persistent and -persuading in this matter that I finally arranged that a party under -the guidance of Johnny Fingo should proceed to that chief’s quarter, -and that Noziah should be my delegate on this embassy, to arrange an -interview between her brother and me. - -This was not exactly in keeping with the etiquette that prevails -between belligerents, and I have no doubt that legal authority -could easily prove I was in the wrong. But General Cathcart was in -Basutoland, and his last words before leaving had been an injunction -to keep matters quiet round the Water-kloof in any way I thought most -advisable. - -This left me a wide margin, which I used in sending the above-named -party out in an unknown direction and with a somewhat visionary object -in view; for, after all, no one knew where Sandilli was, or the mood in -which he might be, if found at all. So, half hesitatingly, I sent them -on their way. Dix, who was a passionate admirer of the gentle sex, of -all shades and shapes (always excepting his frail better-half at Cape -Town), had become a devoted follower of one of Noziah’s attendants, and -was to have been leader of the band; his heart, however, failed him at -the last moment, and he contented himself with a passionate embrace -of this his latest flame, vowing, in high Kaffir-Dutch, that time or -distance could never extinguish the fire that burnt in his breast. - -Johnny Fingo was thus left in full command. He had heard that Sandilli -lay somewhere concealed in the Ama Ponda Mountains, behind Fort Alice. -In that direction they accordingly wended their way; and after an -absence of three-and-twenty days, Noziah returned with the news that -Sandilli was in the Water-kloof, not six miles off, and there awaited -my coming. - -Her eagerness for our interview seemed so catching, and she had such -fears that her brother might decamp once more--she knew not where--that -I determined to carry out her wishes immediately. I had unbounded -confidence in her loyalty to me; but I had not, by any means, the same -reliance on the good faith of her brother, who bore a character for -fierceness and treachery by no means reassuring. However, accompanied -by her, an attendant, and Dix, I started for the interview, which it -was intended should take place in the rocks so often mentioned before -as the Blacksmith’s Shop, and which had formed so prominent a feature -in General Cathcart’s description of clearing out the Water-kloof. - -I left Johnny Fingo in the camp. Something in his demeanour since his -return, and in his manner of relating what had happened during the -expedition, appeared to me suspicious. He was like a big black snake -whose poisoned fangs I knew that I had extracted at one time, but I -was not sure as to whether or not they had grown to be dangerous again -during his late absence; at all events, I thought him safer at home -than with me. - -It was late at night when we arrived on the heights above the kloof, so -I determined, after stumbling about over rocks and monkey-rope creepers -for some time, to encamp where we were for the night. A most merciful -dispensation of Providence it was that we did so; for not ten yards -farther on we should have fallen over a perpendicular cliff several -hundred feet to the bottom. In fact, we slept on the brink of a rapid -slope, not ten yards in length, that led to this fearful death. - -The next morning early we arrived near the rocks we were in search of; -and halting in a tolerably open space, I sent on Noziah to warn her -brother of our arrival. It was rather an anxious moment. I could see -by the smoke still wreathing about several still-smouldering fires, -that more than one party lay concealed somewhere near those huge black -rocks. But whether a volley of musketry or friendly Kaffirs were to -issue from them, I felt by the thumping of my heart that the question -was being sharply debated within. However, my anxious doubting was soon -over; for Noziah came back, accompanied by a tall, limping figure, who -gravely held out his hand to me. - -I was anxious to be on friendly terms with this man. Noziah’s brother -was an interesting being to me. Her courage, handsome person, -and devotedness were making rapid strides into my affections; and -notwithstanding that Sandilli was far from a desirable-looking -acquaintance, I strove by the hearty grasp I gave him to prove how -anxious I was to become better acquainted. - -We now proceeded to the rocks, Dix bringing up the rear, with orders -from me to shoot the first person who committed an act of open -treachery. There were here about twenty Kaffirs. We were soon seated -on the ground--Sandilli, Noziah, and myself, the centre of a circle -which these men formed about us. Dix was stationed outside the circle, -gun in hand. The difficulties of entering into good-fellowship with -Sandilli now became apparent; for notwithstanding the beseeching looks -of Noziah, he remained dumbly staring at me in the rudest manner, and I -could see nothing but suppressed rage written on his ugly countenance. -The other members of his council--mostly old men, who remained squatted -on their hands like savage grizzly bears--looked askance at me with -their bloodshot eyes, as though they would like nothing better than -pulling me to pieces. Feeling thus too disagreeably scrutinised, I told -Dix to point his gun, as if by accident, somewhere near Sandilli’s -head. This movement considerably smoothed down the very distorted -features of that dark gentleman. He said something in Kaffir to Noziah, -pointing to Dix, and I told the latter to move his firelock a little on -one side. - -After this mute episode snuff was passed round, and the conversation -opened. I explained in Dutch that I had been led to this interview -with the hope of stopping further shedding of blood; that the late -engagements between my men and the Kaffirs had been more like the -slaughtering of cattle than an honest struggle between man and man; -they (the Kaffirs) had no ammunition, and very few guns left; it was -worse than madness to suppose that a piece of stick, blessed by a -witch-doctor, could drive, as they pretended, the English into the -sea,--in fact, I argued that it was a duty for Sandilli, and well -worthy his great influence, to order his blind followers not to -sacrifice themselves any longer to such a senseless enterprise. - -Sandilli replied in a curious mingling of Dutch, English, and Kaffir, -of which Noziah acted as interpreter, that it was not he who had begun -the war: years and years ago his father had to defend his kraal against -General Maitland on the Sunday River, many long marches from where -we then sat; that from that day to this several wars had occurred -between his tribe and the English; but they were always brought on in -the defence of their homes. In this manner they had been successively -driven from one place to another, until there was nothing left for them -but the hills. They were not hillmen, but wanted the pasture-lands -in the plains from whence they had been driven, and which were now -given to English farmers and cowardly Fingoes. He, for his part, was -willing to make peace, because they could not fight against my men, who -attacked them by night when they slept. During the day they were not -afraid, as they had proved to Sir Harry Smith. He had been told that -the Basutos had been beaten by General Cathcart: it was a good thing, -because they were fools not to have come to his (Sandilli’s) help when -he had nearly driven the English into the sea, where they came from. -He added that, if Macomo was willing, they would go together and meet -General Cathcart, and explain these matters to him, trusting that -something like an equable arrangement might be made for those of his -tribe who remained. - -I promised to send on this proposal of his to General Cathcart; and it -was, moreover, arranged that Noziah should remain in my camp to convey -the General’s reply to Sandilli when received. Noziah also made her -brother swear, over some piece of stick she held before him, that she -should not be sacrificed for remaining with the English (she had often -told me that that disagreeable fate awaited her). To this, after many -a mysterious sign and token, he agreed, to my immense relief, and the -party broke up. I had felt, to say the least of it, exceedingly uneasy -during the somewhat lengthy interview. Noziah afterwards told me that -one of the party had actually proposed that I should be bound and -tortured to death, as a propitiation to their witch-doctors, for the -spirits of those who had perished by my night attacks. It was, perhaps, -the firelock of Dix, pointed towards Sandilli’s head, that prevented -the carrying out of this Kaffir-like attention. - -On returning to camp I found a small party of men who had been all -night seeking us. They had caught a Kaffir, belonging probably to -Sandilli’s party, seated near the spot where we had slept that night, -and around which lay strewn remnants of a newspaper in which Dix had -wrapped our late meal. They concluded from these shreds that we had -been pitched over the cliff, and that these tokens of civilisation were -all that remained of their captain, and, in revenge, they had hanged -the poor devil on an adjoining tree. - -It was really high time that the war should come to a speedy end. The -knowledge that this end was close at hand had sadly relaxed discipline. -The stirring events of war had left a craving for excitement not easily -satisfied. Life had been so freely exposed, that it was looked upon -as of very hazardous value. Men were ready to give or take it on the -most trivial pretexts. I have seen a party of my own men firing at -one another, at long distances, from behind rocks, merely to find out -the range of their Minie rifles. At other times I have known them -throw assegais at one another for the same purpose, and more than once -inflict dangerous wounds. - -I naturally had more difficulty in keeping my men in order than -other officers experienced in that part of the colony. My men were a -rougher lot, and had only enlisted for a war that they now considered -finished: Lieut. H---- had resigned; Lieut. ---- had been sent about -his business; Lieut. P---- was often as riotous as the men; Lieut. -C---- was too young and reckless to possess the tact and persistent -energy necessary for the management of so unruly a set with security to -himself or satisfaction to them. - - - - -CHAPTER XI. - - RETURN OF GENERAL CATHCART FROM BASUTOLAND--END OF THE - WAR--SPORTING ADVENTURES--LOVING TORTOISES--EVENING - REVERIES--A SUDDEN ATTACK FROM AN UNKNOWN ENEMY--PLANS FOR HIS - CAPTURE--UNSUCCESSFUL--ANOTHER ATTEMPT--NIGHT VIGILS--CLOSE - QUARTERS--DEATH OF THE LEOPARD--WILD-BOAR HUNTING--BABOONS--MY - PACK OF HOUNDS--THEY ARE ATTACKED BY BABOONS--POOR DASH’S - FATE--SNAKES. - - -General Cathcart now returned from his Basutoland expedition, where -British soldiers proved once more their many sterling qualities. I -shall not, however, attempt to describe the work done, for I had no -actual share in it. The war now, so far as active operations were -concerned, had virtually come to an end; my own occupation was gone. -“Grim-visaged war had smoothed his wrinkled front,” as humpbacked -Richard said, and I began to seek for excitement in a quarter which had -always possessed attractions for me. - -Hitherto my experiences of sport at the Cape had been of a somewhat -tame description, consisting of coursing and partridge-shooting, such -as I had often enjoyed, though on a larger scale, in Old England. But -at that time my thoughts were on larger subjects bent, and I gave -myself up thoroughly to these. My battery consisted of a Lancaster -double-barrelled, oval-bored rifle, of great precision and length of -range, but small in calibre; a Rigby twelve-bored fowling-piece; and -a double-barrelled Barnett Minie, also twelve-bored. With these I -bowled over lots of fur and feather, mostly pea-fowl, stein and bush -buck. Sometimes I went in for bigger game; but as there were no lion, -elephant, or buffalo within several days’ journey, I was obliged to -content myself with trying my ’prentice hand on some stray leopards, -whose tracks I had noticed about, as well as those of wild-boar, or -rather, as I believe, of farmers’ pigs run wild during the war, and -which in very fair numbers ploughed up the wet kloofs and the abandoned -gardens around the farms. - -There were plenty of hyenas and jackals about, but I was tired of -trying to get up any excitement about them. They were a set of -sneaking marauders, who used to prowl about the camp by night for the -sake of the offal and scraps to be found, and who would scamper off on -the slightest appearance of danger. My English spaniel, “Dash,” would -often bow-wow them almost any distance away. - -Amongst other traces of game, I had observed the spoor of a leopard, -or some other soft-footed member of the feline tribe, around a pool of -water at the head of the kloof on which Blakeway’s Farm was situated. -It was about two miles off, in a very dank, secluded spot, almost as -dark under the big cliffs and heavy foliage as an underground cavern. -It was a favourite resort for blue-buck and baboons, whose footprints -had stamped and puddled the ground all around. I selected a spot under -a boulder of rock that advanced almost to the margin of the pool, where -I placed, day after day, as I had seen it done in Algeria, branch after -branch of prickly cactus, until I had made quite a porcupine shield, -big enough to shelter a man. In the centre of this I dug a small -circular hole, for a seat, and ensconced thereon, I one night took my -place, awaiting the arrival of my supposed game. - -The grandeur of the scenery, huge grey rocks, gigantic trees, and an -awe-inspiring stillness which weighed upon one’s spirits, made me feel -extremely small in my solitary hole. The only life moving amid these -gloomy surroundings was a merry singing cloud of mosquitoes, circling -round and round above my head. Had I not remembered the enormous bumps -their whispering kisses used to raise on my poor face, I should have -felt tempted to let some of them in under the muslin I had spread -across the bushes overhead, in order to have something to occupy my -attention and break the monotony, were it only these denizens of the -insect world. - -About three hundred yards lower down in the valley I had left the -attendant who usually accompanied me on my shooting expeditions. -His name was Napoleon--a name given to him by the men on account of -his being a native of St Helena, and from the fact of his bearing a -supposed likeness to his illustrious namesake. He held in leash two -half-bred Scotch deer-hounds, that were to be slipped on the report of -my gun. They were fine, strong-limbed animals, capable of pulling down -almost any big game. Napoleon himself was a bold, willing fellow, on -whom I knew I could place entire reliance. He was as widely awake to a -stray Kaffir as to game. I have seen him more than once, when bush-buck -had been brought to bay, go in in the pluckiest manner, and, to save -the dogs, often risk his own life. Bush-buck, I may mention, have -fearfully pointed, spiral-shaped horns, and have been known to make -fatal use of them when driven to desperation. - -Thus, far from all the world, I mutely sat, communing with the great -voice of Nature around, and to the faint promptings of my small nature -within. I felt and remained like a log, or rather, like the sober -Irishman who entreated somebody to tread on the tail of his coat, if -only for the sake of getting up a mild excitement. - -I was roused from this stupor by some visitors to the pool, in the -shape of two little land-tortoises, that came wabbling down, one after -the other, as fast as their small groggy legs would carry them. On -arriving at the water’s edge, they launched forth, like boats from a -slip, and floated about, side by side, as lovingly as the twin ship the -Calais-Douvres on the Channel. They were, no doubt, a newly-married -couple. It might even have been their marriage trip, as they seemed as -much over head and ears in love as in water. There they were, turtling -about at leap-frog, heads up and tails down, in rocking-horse fashion; -and now and then, as though ashamed of such mad pranks, they would -dive underneath the surface, and shyly begin playing bo-peep with one -another among the sedges of the pond. But alas! all things must come to -an end, and I have heard it said that even husbands and wives get tired -of one another, though Hymen forbid that I should give credence to such -a report! And now, at this moment, a huge bat came lazily flapping its -wings, like a sea-gull, over the water, and warned, I presume, the -innocent creatures that night was approaching, and that it was time for -respectable couples to seek the security of their own homes. So they -left their luxurious water-couch, and wabbled off, as demurely as Darby -and Joan going to evening chapel. - -Meanwhile evening was putting up its revolving shutters, leaving -me more and more benighted, and my thoughts were turned into -another direction by catching at intervals the distant barking of -the bush-buck, as they replied to one another, and who, like most -swaggering challengers, kept each other at a respectful distance. -A distant hum arose from the direction of the camp, as confused as -the medley of races it contained--Russian, Swede, French, German, -English, and Dutch--men from all climes, held strangely together by -the mere force of my frail will. This thought, and other equally dim -ones, occupied my mind, when the loud lapping of water close at hand -caught my attentive ear, and brought me, with a startling throb, to -the realities of my then actual undertaking. Straining my eyes in the -direction from whence the sound came, I fancied, in the dusk, I could -trace the outline of a beast of some sort on the brink of the pond. -Slowly raising my gun in that direction, I was on the point of pulling -the trigger, when the sound of lapping ceased. - -Grave doubts now arose in my mind as to whether that at which I was -levelling my gun was a living object or not, for in the gathering -darkness, rocks, reeds, and bushes had assumed the most fantastic -shapes. I became confused as to which of them I should direct my aim. -At length I resolved to creep from my hiding-place, and for this -purpose placed the small leather cushion on which I was seated on -my head, and endeavoured to lift the prickly bush above. I was thus -engaged when I received a fearful whop upon my head, which knocked me -over, bushes and all, while some heavy brute passed over my prostrate -form, landing me a prickly cropper upon my own porcupine shield. Off -went the gun haphazard, and I scrambled to my feet as best I could. -I was just recovering my senses, when up came the dogs, sniffing and -scenting the air. They, however, appeared as bewildered as myself, and -at last slunk away between my legs. Napoleon followed, blundering as -fast as the darkness would permit him through the deep ravine; and on -his inquiry as to what I had fired at, I told him to go to the devil -and see! He lit a match and looked into the prickly bush from which -I had been so ruthlessly turned out. We found, near the edge of the -pool, the deeply indented footing where some heavy beast had landed on -springing from the rocks overhead. There could be no doubt in our minds -that they were made by the leopard I had been waiting for. On Napoleon -expressing some doubts as to whether or not the same beast might not be -now waiting for us, we left in a most hasty and undignified manner the -scene of my late skirmish. The result of my first interview was not of -an engaging nature; and I made up my mind that the next time I arranged -for a meeting, it should be on terms which, at least, offered more -elbow-room. - -The great sportsman at the camp was a man called Watson. He had been a -keeper in England. He was master of all sorts of dodges for trapping, -shooting, and stuffing of game. He had observed, near an abandoned -cattle-kraal at a neighbouring farm, a large pool of stagnant water, -around which he had made out, amid the many marks of wild animals, the -spoor of a leopard, which he pretended was the same brute that had -given me such a boxing-lesson in the kloof. Dix, Watson, and Nap now -set to work to sink a hole not far from the pond, around which they -placed a circle of bushes. They made, however, such a dense turret, -that it was impossible to obtain an entrance into it. I explained to -them that the only way for me to gain admittance would be for one of -them to be tied with a rope, and then, bodkin-fashion, to be pushed -through the prickly bush to make an entrance. This plan, however, did -not quite satisfy them. - -The only other method of proceeding was to throw their leather jackets -on the top of the turret, and to place myself thereon. This pin-cushion -was not, however, stout enough, and let the thorns through; so, after -several attempts, in which I got severely pricked somewhere for my -pains, I gave the setting dodge up. It was finally decided that the -turret was to be removed; that we were to station ourselves at various -parts of the building, a couple of goats being attached in a prominent -place to attract the leopard to the spot, and a volley from us all was -to settle the question. In accordance with this suggestion, the next -day the goats were brought, and pegged down, as we had previously -determined. Dix had also brought some fowls, which he pretended, by -their crowing, would greatly enhance the chance of attracting the -leopard’s attention. We persisted in this plan for several days, but -with so little promise of success, that I thought the odds were more -in favour of attracting stray Kaffirs towards us, and being made game -of ourselves. This not answering my sporting programme, I returned to -the original plan of placing myself in the hole, which was sufficiently -deep to conceal me; and there, without covering of any sort, to await -the advent of any four-footed beast that would kindly come to the -rendezvous. - -On the night of the fourth day of kneeling attention I really saw a -leopard slowly approaching the pond. I had an undeniable proof of his -nature by the scampering away of several heads of antelope that had -been near the pond, and by the loud quacking of a flock of wild-duck -then swimming thereon. The brute walked leisurely round the pond until -he came to within about twenty yards of the spot where I was lying -concealed, when he suddenly disappeared as if by magic. In vain I -strove to discover any signs of his whereabouts. I then partly got out -of my hole, and there, kneeling on the edge, I could dimly see his -flattened form. Now, what was to be done? He offered no fair mark for -my rifle. I was afraid, in that uncertain light, to go nearer him; and -he, on his side, decided on not coming nearer me. I passed what seemed -to me a very long and _très mauvais quart d’heure_ in this anxious -state; the night was closing in fast, the moon would not be up until -very late, and I really knew not what to do. In this uncertainty I -crept backwards towards the bushes, thrown on one side, that had been -lately employed in the construction of the before-mentioned turret. - -Once arrived there, the same habit of protecting myself, which no doubt -I had acquired by imitation from French sportsmen in Algeria, led me -to try and cover my rear as safely as possible. With this view I went -to work most energetically, but found the task, from the nature of the -obstacles I had to overcome, very disagreeable; for, as hard as I had -pushed my way in, the prickly thorns seemed to combine as strongly -to spur me out. This kicking against pricks once decided in my -favour, by finding that I had succeeded, after all, in making room for -concealment, my courage rose in the same proportion towards the foe to -my front. I not only got so excited as to make all sorts of unearthly -yells to challenge the brute to stand up, to come on, &c., but actually -finished by throwing bits of stick and brushwood at him, in the hopes -of bringing the sulky brute to the scratch. But he was not going to be -made game of, so, in despair, I left off hallooing, and called out to -Dix (who, I afterwards found out, was at that moment soundly snoozing -with Napoleon at the farm) to come to the rescue. These heavy-headed -sleepers were not even dreaming of my state of _funk_, and, of course, -did not stir. - -At length, thoroughly exhausted, I laid myself flat on the ground to -get a lower-level view of the horizon, and there, with my gun pointed -to the front, and a stout assegai at my side, I awaited what might -happen. - -How long I remained I never knew, but it must have been a long time, -for I was getting intensely cold lying on the ground covered with -a heavy dew,--when, more by sound than by sight, I felt the gradual -creeping of something towards me. However unmoved I might have remained -until now, the loud thumping of my heart against the ground at this -juncture became intolerable; so, with a loud shout, I jumped up, and, -with an ominous growl, the animal bounded into the bush a few yards -on my right. I at once sent a shot in that direction, which caused a -fearful uproar and scattering of bushes. Without stopping to consider, -I at once sent another shot towards the same spot, and suddenly all was -silent. This not being reassuring, and as I had now no positive sign to -show where the brute was, I fell back, loading, towards the farm. Here -I met the men coming towards me; and after hastily explaining to them -the position of affairs, we proceeded, torches in hand, towards the -spot, to make a fuller investigation of what had taken place. - -Here we found a fine male leopard lying dead. The first bullet I fired -had broken the spine, near his hind quarters; and the second shot, -composed of slugs, had taken effect in the head, and proved a speedy -quietus. I believe this to have been the only leopard in the district, -as neither the men nor I ever saw the spoor of one afterwards. - -My experience of wild-boar shooting was more profitable in the shape -of hams and chine than as to actual enjoyment of what is called real -sport. I could never get them to charge home; and although I have shot -little porkers that have raised an awful amount of squealing, yet -even the sow-mother, and the rest of the herd, would start off in the -opposite direction. Once or twice it happened that they came towards me -within about twenty yards, but then they would invariably be off to the -right or the left. If, however, they showed so little pluck when facing -the gun, they had plenty of it when opposed to dogs alone. - -I have often seen them chasing mine (and they were a stout pack) for -a long distance. Upon one occasion a “souzer” of pigs chased my dogs -almost into the camp, and the men had to turn out to drive them off. - -I never took any pleasure in shooting baboons or monkeys; and, -except to defend myself on two different occasions, never fired a -shot at them. On the first occasion, I had been gathering bulbs of -those red-pennoned, lance-shaped flowers, which are much admired in -some parts of South Africa. I had been so intent on my task that I -had forgotten my dogs, that always accompanied me, now the war was -virtually over, in my strolls through the country. - -The dogs were a very scratched pack. They were in all about twenty, -mostly of Kaffir origin, of various sizes, from a huge Danish mastiff, -called Woden, to my little Sussex spaniel Dash. The ruling spirits -were four Scotch deer-hounds, three of which I had purchased from Mr -Andersen, my Norwegian friend at Cape Town. The other had been given -to me by P----r of the Commissariat. Dhula, the biggest and bravest -of Andersen’s Scotch leash, would not only pull down the largest -bush-buck, but would also keep guard afterwards, and prevent my Kaffir -dogs eating it. Many an antelope had he thus saved to grace our frugal -board, and to afford a display of Dix’s culinary art. Poor Dhula! his -life was embittered by his jealousy of Woden. The latter, although -a heavy dog, ran well; and often, while chasing, when the chance -offered, he would run at Dhula, and, striking him under the shoulder -as he would a deer, bowl the astonished Scotch giant over and over, -much to the latter’s disgust. - -Woden evidently could never quite understand the humour of his Scotch -congener. He generally gave in to Dhula, but often after several -sharp bouts, in which he always carried off the worst of the biting -in the heavy folds of his shaggy throat. My Kaffir greyhounds would -run anything and eat anything they caught, from a startled quail to a -porcupine. They were as crafty as they were cruel and fleet, and in -the woods ran as much by scent as by sight. They were not, however, -equal in speed to my English dogs. My plucky little friend Dash was -(considering his small offensive powers) the bravest of the brave; for -his winning way of bringing stones or anything else he could pick up to -you, whenever he wanted a caress, or some little tit-bit to eat, had -completely ground down his teeth to an unbrushable size. If it came to -a regular go-in with some struggling beast brought to bay, Dash would -lie down, and, twisting his knowing head about as the various ups -and downs of the fight took place, looked like an old amateur boxer -observing professional gluttons at work. Dash was buried on Blakeway’s -kloof, which had so often echoed to his lively tongue. A blue-faced -baboon, as I am now going to relate, was the malevolent spirit which -loosened all his worldly ties between his much-attached master and his -love for all sports--for Dash was as much alive to the pleasure of -hunting rats at a farm-rick in Old England as in chasing jackals and -hyenas round our camp at the Cape. - -To resume my narrative, however. As above stated, in the ardour of -digging bulbs, I had forgotten my dogs, when Napoleon called my -attention to their baying far down in the recesses of the kloof. -Hastily picking up my gun, lying close at hand, and he hurriedly -cramming without mercy into a sack my green-grocery-looking bunches of -roots, we started off in hot haste to the spot to which the dogs were -calling our attention. On our way we met them coming back; they were, -however, eagerly enough disposed to return, so that we knew by that -sign the object of their late _rencontre_ was not supposed by them to -be very far off. - -And so it was, for we soon found ourselves amidst a grinning lot -of large, brown, Cape baboons. They were clinging up aloft to the -graceful creepers that festoon so beautifully the trees in South -African woods, and looking like so many hideous, hairy-bellied spiders -on a beautiful lace-work of Nature’s weaving. I felt inclined to give -some of them, who looked particularly out of place in that sylvan -retreat, a peppering of shot; but their wonderful performances on the -tight-ropes around them soon smoothed the wrinkles of my indignation. -These acrobats performed extraordinary feats. They shot from branch -to branch, from wave to wave, like flying-fish, or as pantless Zazel -shoots from the cannon’s mouth to her swinging rope. - -This performance created intense excitement, and the barking of -the dogs seemed to applaud this aerial description of St Vitus’s -Dance. It was really affecting to see the solicitude of the parents -as their little progeny hopped from tree to tree after them, now -holding out their arms to receive them as they landed, now thrusting -back a creeper to bring it nearer within their reach. It was a real -exhibition of baboon agility, of which we see but a faint parody in -the Westminster Aquarium, by the Darwinian selections among the human -bipeds. - -An accident befalling a clumsy little fellow as he stumbled on the -branch of an iron-wood tree, he came to the ground with a thud. In one -minute the poor chap was torn to pieces by the dogs. This was more than -his parents could stand; down they came to the ground, followed closely -by the rest of the tribe, and a real battle ensued between them and the -dogs. - -The baboons got the best of the fight,--poor Woden was ridden off the -field by two jabbering jockeys on his back, who laboured his sides -most unmercifully with tooth and nail. Dhula was too nimble and clever -with his teeth to be caught, nevertheless he had to submit from his -many persecutors with the loss of several inches of his tail. Fly, a -remarkably fine red Kaffir bitch, which I afterwards took home and gave -to the Zoological Gardens, was ripped up and her sides laid bare. But -the worst of all occurred to poor Dash: he was carried of by a huge -baboon almost as big as a totty, and I arrived to his rescue too late. -I saw that he was dead, and forthwith shot his destroyer upon him. -Napoleon made good use of his assegai and my spade; and after a fight -far more exciting than glorious, we remained masters of the field. - -I am thoroughly convinced, had the baboons shown any unity of action, I -should not have been relating this incident to-day. - -These are about the only events in my sporting life at the Cape worthy -of narration; many milder incidents occurred which I pass over, judging -them insufficient to be of interest to the reader. - -I know but little about snakes--they were of almost everyday -acquaintance; but as neither my men nor I were ever bitten by one, -I have nothing sensational to write about them. One short episode I -may perhaps relate. In creeping over some rocks to have a shot at a -stein-buck, I cautiously looked over a ledge of stone, and fancying -there was a curious garlic smell about the place, I looked down, and -there, lazily stretched out at full length, almost touching my throat, -was a huge cobra di capello. I drew back much less hesitatingly than -I had peeped, and, retiring a few feet, shot it as it was rearing its -head in the act of preparing to strike. This little event gave the -hitherto slight attention I had paid them a more repulsive form, and -ever afterwards I destroyed all that came in my way. Up to that day I -had handled them as I had seen others do--henceforth their touch became -too loathsome. Kaffirs believe that after a puff-adder, whip-snake, or -cobra has bitten, it must within a short space of time wash out its -mouth with water (which these snakes invariably do, if it is at hand), -else it would die from the poison that oozes afterwards from its fangs. -They also think that white men, if bitten by snakes, invariably cause -the death of the snake itself--for they say the white man’s blood is -poisonous to all serpents. - - - - -CHAPTER XII. - - KAFFIR KNOWLEDGE OF SURGERY--MANNERS MORE ARTIFICIAL THAN - NATURAL--PEACE CONCLUDED WITH SANDILLI AND MACOMO--INDIFFERENT - CHARACTER OF THE TREATY OF PEACE--THE CORPS DISBANDED--THANKS - OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF--RETURN TOWARDS THE CAPE--ADDRESSES FROM - THE INHABITANTS OF FORT BEAUFORT AND GRAHAM’S TOWN--ENGINEERING - TASTES--SAM ROWE--THE MARY JANE--I EMBARK FOR CAPE TOWN. - - -Kaffir witchcraft assumes so many fantastic forms, that it is difficult -to give a notion as to any guiding principle in it. Hatred of the -European seems to play a large part in all their superstitions. - -A piece of stick is supposed, after blessing and incantations, to -become a talisman, having the power to save the wearer from all danger -the white man can attempt to inflict against him; but it is thought -to be powerless in warding off a danger coming from a neighbouring -tribe. They believe that we are born of the foam of the sea, and we -should all perish if driven back to our ships, which they suppose to -be the cradles in which we are brought up. Like almost all magicians, -they believe they can raise plagues of all sorts, and inflict sores and -different forms of leprosy by merely casting an evil eye upon any one. - -Their knowledge of medicine and surgery is greater than may be -supposed. I have known them cure headaches and neuralgia, hitherto -incurable, by putting a leather band round the head, and adding -underneath small smooth pebbles at certain distances, then placing a -weight upon the head, which is usually a bowl of supposed mesmerised -water, weighing down the whole until the head becomes completely -numbed, and all pain ceases. - -Two or three applications of this nature I know to be, from actual -observation, a positive cure. They also know the use of several -medicines, such as emetics, &c.; and in surgery will stop the bleeding -of an artery as well as any surgeon--applying wet bandages wrapped -round smooth stones, which act as efficiently as a tourniquet. They -will also amputate the small joints with great skill. - -The Kaffir customs are far more artificial than one would suppose from -his ease of manner; every position of the body has been taught him -from his childhood. Whenever Kaffir men or women present themselves -before you, it is in the attitude they have been instructed as the -most becoming for the furtherance of their wishes. A man who comes -to ask for a favour which concerns the welfare of any member of his -family, takes quite a different attitude than when offering to exchange -something in barter. The young man who seeks to purchase the hand of -his wife, has certain modes of well-defined expression in the attitude -he assumes, whether hesitating or assured of success. The triumphal -swagger of a suitor who has been successful in such a mission is -something marvellous to behold--it really seems as if he thought the -earth would soil his feet as he treads upon it. On the other hand, if -he has been refused, and has no hopes of making a second more enticing -offer, he will retire in such hang-dog fashion as to make his worst -enemy inclined to pity him. The man who stands before you leaning -gracefully upon his assegai, in a posture that even a sculptor might -dream of as the embodiment of manhood and grace, is not what you might -suppose in a position taught by nature’s school, but the summing up of -what generations have thought to be the beau-ideal of a man. - -Johnny Fingo once presented himself before me in so calm and dignified -a manner that he quite surprised me; and upon my asking him the nature -of the business he came upon, he replied that he was the bearer of a -communication from Sandilli. No Roman presenting himself on the part of -the senate, bringing an offer of peace or war to a foreign potentate, -could have done so with more calm assurance of the mighty import of his -mission. - -The women are small in shape and frame compared with the men, and -extremely beautiful, as far as the moulding of the limbs is concerned; -but their features will not bear the same close inspection. Winsome, -coy, and to a certain degree striking when young, they become snappish, -coarse, and ungainly as they advance in years. Noziah, of whom mention -has already been made, was far handsomer than the ordinary women of -her tribe (Timbuctoo), and betrayed her birth by her stately carriage -and the extreme delicacy of her hands and feet. Her mental capacity -was equal to that of any untutored woman I ever came in contact with; -she understood thoroughly the intricate policy then being carried out -at the Cape, the position of the Dutch and English settlers, and the -use the Kaffirs might make of these two antagonistic interests for -their own profit. She also was well aware of the task the missionary -was performing, the progress of English civilisation, and the good and -evil that it was then bringing into the land. In short, she was a woman -capable of undertaking any noble task which Providence in its wisdom -might have thought necessary. - -General Cathcart now returned from his Basutoland expedition. Macomo -and Sandilli had made peace with the British authorities upon terms -that neither they nor the colonists could then or afterwards exactly -make out. All that seemed perfectly clear was, that when the English -Government had made up its mind as to the delimitations of territory, -&c., that decision would be duly signified to all interested; and let -the terms be as onerous or as arbitrary, as stupid or as wise, as the -authorities at home could devise, they had to be accepted. - -My corps having no further _raison d’être_ was disbanded, and a most -flattering general order issued, in which the Commander-in-chief stated -the following:-- - - “HEADQUARTERS, GRAHAM’S TOWN, - _22d March 1853_. - - “The Commander-in-chief, in disbanding this corps,--the - Water-kloof Rangers,--wishes to convey to its gallant - commander, officers, and men, the high estimation in which he - holds their services, &c. - - (Signed) “A. J. CLOËTE, - _Quartermaster-General_.” - -On my return towards England I was most kindly greeted at Fort Beaufort -with an address, presented to me by the principal inhabitants of the -town. - -At Graham’s Town a similar address was presented to me by Messrs -Godlington and Cocks, members of the Legislative Council, and signed -by the principal inhabitants of the town and the district around. -I afterwards went with these gentlemen to the sea-coast to find out -whether or not a safe roadstead for shipping could be established -somewhat nearer the town than Port Elizabeth. Being somewhat of a -military engineer, this proved an agreeable task; and I was already -actively engaged in drawing out plans when the news arrived of the -death of a very near relative. This closed all prospect of banquets and -receptions, or proposals for new harbours; and I must confess that it -was some slight consolation to think that I should not have to present -myself at the head of a dinner-table as the honoured guest, to reply to -vapid compliments. - -At Port Elizabeth another equally gratifying address was presented -to me, and what rendered it more pleasing was the fact of its being -offered by Mr Deare, Mr Wylde, and other gentlemen, who had so kindly -foretold my success as I passed through their town on my way to the -front. I stayed a few days at Port Elizabeth, and one morning I walked -with some merchants and others on its surf-beaten shore to see how a -jetty could be made to facilitate landing (they had heard of my plans -concerning another place), for I always had a mania for building that -follows like my shadow wherever I go. - -I seldom see a spot but I always, in imagination at least, commence -building upon it,--not that I care a whit whether it is for myself or -another; yet more than one giant is living in the House that Jack built. - -Wherever I have passed, a road, a bridge, a chapel,--a something, -has marked my passage. I once built a jetty in the Bay of Bourgas, -betwixt Varna and Constantinople, 147 yards long, 8 yards wide, having -22 feet of water; and on it embarked 45,000 troops, 9400 horses, 140 -field-guns, with ample stores, for the Crimea; and the jetty (which is -still standing), and the embarkation above mentioned, all was completed -in twelve weeks. It is true I was helped by a British officer, -Commodore Eardley Wilmot, of her Majesty’s steamer Sphinx, but neither -of us got (nor in fact wanted) anything for our pains. The pleasure of -the work was sufficient payment. I merely mention these things that the -reader may know that I am not a mere amateur soldier, but one who has -had a practical knowledge of his work. - -As I said above, I was walking on the sea-shore when I was accosted by -a good-looking sailor with “Sir, I am a fellow-countryman of yours, and -a west-countryman to boot. I should like to shake hands; my name is Sam -Rowe, and I hail from Penzance.” - -I expressed the pleasure, which I really felt, on making his -acquaintance. After this he joined us as we proceeded in our -examination of the beach. When this was over, while we were returning -to the town, Mr Sam Rowe said he wanted a minute’s private talk with -me. Stepping aside for that purpose, he informed me that he would be -happy to take me to Cape Town if I would go in that nice little craft, -pointing to a cutter in the bay. He had heard from the town-folks -that I was going there, and he thought I should like to sail with -him. The vessel was his, and his time too. It was impossible to reply -to Mr Rowe’s eager offer by refusal, so with a shake of the hand it -was arranged there and then. The conditions were that the vessel was -to be mine during the trip; he and his crew, consisting of three -men and a boy (his son) were to be at my orders. Of stores there -were plenty--fish, poultry, and salted pork, captains’ biscuits from -Plymouth, bloaters direct from Yarmouth, and real rum from Jamaica. As -for the craft herself--named Mary Jane, after his little daughter at -home--why, nothing afloat, from a St Michael oranger to a fifty-gun -frigate, could stand with her in a gale or a breeze. All these things -Captain Sam Rowe offered me, and in exchange only required the company -of my humble self, and yarns from the seat of war. - -Two days afterwards I embarked in the Mary Jane, and found her to be a -smack of forty tons. A long time ago she had been a trawler, but was -now employed in the more important service of a Government transport. - -Captain Rowe I have already partly described. I will only add that he -was dark-haired, fair-skinned, grey-eyed, about 5 feet 8 inches in -height, broad-shouldered, with well-rounded limbs, daring to folly (but -his folly had a method in it); and his sheet-anchor a Bible, and a -stout-hearted Devonshire matron at home. - -He had been in his youth first mate of an Indiaman, afterwards captain -of a fruiterer, and now he was the commander of what had once been his -father’s craft, then called the Sea-gull, but now rebaptised the Mary -Jane. At home he had not found trawling a very profitable business, so -with three other west-countrymen he had started with his little craft -to barter with the natives on the West African coast. - -How he got there was rather surprising. His only chronometer was his -father’s old watch. He took no observations, but merely guessed at -his position from the distance run and the log. Occasionally he took -soundings--_i. e._, when he could find them; chart he had none. Small -success had, however, attended his bold efforts, although he had -several very grand “specs” on hand. In the hold were a lot of real -Birmingham guns, bought at 7s. 6d. apiece, which had but one fault, -that of sometimes sending off their contents at the wrong end, hitting -the shooter instead of the object shot at. There were also scores of -magnificent crowns for African kings, made up of tinsel paper, brass -spikes, wax pearls, and glass diamonds. He had even once, he said, -furnished a mighty Ashantee potentate with a throne. This, however, -he seemed to regret, it having been an old family piece of furniture. -Strange as this may seem, I believed it to be quite true, as the throne -in question was merely an old arm-chair, the legs, arms, and back of -which had been severely shaken and cracked by many a toss and tumble in -the cabin of the Mary Jane. - -On my expressing surprise at his placing so shaky a seat for the -support of a king, he with a sharp twinkle of the eye replied, “That -is the look-out of the occupant; and,” added he, “these old-fashioned -articles, if spliced at the proper time and place, still last for some -good length of time.” Sam, like myself, was a stanch Conservative, -and preferred to patch his coat all over to turning it. Not that he -preferred an old coat to a new one, but he liked the old constitutional -cut. - -Notwithstanding all his grand undertakings, Captain Sam had not -succeeded as he wished, and he thought that he had been humbugging and -humbugged enough. After struggling for two long years through fevers -on land and heavy surf-breakers on the shore, he had finally reached -Cape Town, from whence he was now engaged in carrying Government stores -along the coast as far as Natal. - -These and many similar yarns were spun in the cabin of Sam’s little -craft, in which I was now cooped up, in an atmosphere which I found -fearfully clammy and stuffy after inhaling _le grand air_ for two -years on African uplands. Sam, however, did all he could to cheer the -comfortless surroundings of his small cribbed cabin by the ever-varying -novelty of his yarns. He related many a hard-fought fight with the -storms of old ocean, to which, in spite of all, he still clung, and -with which he still hoped to have many a tussle ere he was piped to -settle his own long account. - -When wearying sometimes with his tales, and the sound of the surges -striking the thin wooden sides of the trembling Mary Jane, I would go -upon deck, and there watch the long rolling waves that sweep round the -Cape, or listen to the cheery voice of his sailor-boy, as he sang many -a ditty of Cornish and Devon heroes, and the glorious deeds of Drake on -the Spanish main. - -In this way we furrowed our way along, making very wet weather round -the coast, until we came to the spot where the Birkenhead had gone down -so recently with all hands. Here we luffed up for a time, and, baring -our brows to the breeze, offered a parting salute to the gallant crew -and stout-hearted red-jackets who had here gone to their last account -at duty’s call; then, sheering off once more, filled our sails to a -half gale of wind, and bounded off like a startled sea-gull towards -Table Bay. - -After this fashion we sped on through the sea, throwing up ridges high -above our decks, and on the 12th July rounded the Lion’s Mountain. -Here becalmed for a time we stayed our course, when a heavy puff from -the crest of that huge emblem of African life sent such a staggering -pressure on our outspread canvas as nearly brought us to grief. With -a sudden whirl we were on our beam-ends! My berth on board had never -been very dry, but now I rolled into one still more watery in the -lee-scuppers. By good luck the tackling gave way, the topsails went -overboard, and the stout craft righted again, as Captain Sam expressed -it, none the worse for a little deck-swabbing. I managed also to -regain my place on board, none the worse for my startling bath. - -The next morning I declined to land in Captain Sam’s little punt, much -to his annoyance, as he volunteered himself to pull me ashore. I, -however, gave him to understand that it was beneath the dignity of two -such west-country commanders as we were to land in such a tub-looking -receptacle. The fact is, after Sam had placed his own burly person in -the centre of his boat, I saw no place except his own brawny shoulders -on which I could perch. - - - - -CHAPTER XIII. - - ARRIVAL AT THE CAPE--OPINIONS ON THE WAR THERE--THE CONVERSION - OF THE HEATHEN--BAPTISM OF A RECENT CONVERT--CONVERTED JEWS IN - BUCHAREST--THE METROPOLITAN OF THE GREEK CHURCH AND AN ENGLISH - BISHOP--THE VOYAGE HOME--THE ARETHUSA--NOZIAH VISITS CAPE TOWN - TO BID ME GOOD-BYE--AFRICAN TROPHIES--REFLECTIONS ON THE ACTUAL - STATE OF THE CAPE. - - -On landing at Cape Town, I soon found that quite a different feeling -existed regarding my dealings with the Kaffirs from the views taken of -them in the eastern portion of the colony. - -Here there were no burnt homesteads, despoiled farms, or murdered -occupants to bring the horrors of war in a vivid manner before people. -Merchants, who were enriching themselves by the money poured into the -colony from Old England, considered, no doubt, the stagnation likely to -ensue from the cessation of this golden stream. - -Then, again, a pious class of Christians who had been devoutly praying -for the Lord’s mercy upon all men, both for those who were cutting, and -those who were having their throats cut, could hardly conceive how I -had had the courage to hang, as report said, Hottentot deserters. - -Had they been Englishmen, taken red-handed in the deed, as the -Hottentots were, it might have been right; but that I should have hung -these missionary converts, whose only conception of brotherhood was to -perform the part of Cain, seemed beyond their understanding of what was -due to benighted niggers. - -It is strange to remark the emulation that exists among Christian sects -in their attempts to convert heathens to Christianity. The object is -pursued with much zeal, but with no adequate knowledge of the work, or -how it ought to be carried on. I feel convinced that it is promoted, -like a good deal of home charity, not from any purer motives than -may be found in self or sect ostentation. Some people who would sell -their own souls over the counter if any one would buy them, will often -give their gold freely for buying over to Christianity that of a -nigger. The clergy and other high dignitaries of the Church, instead -of attending to their starving flocks at home, look “to fresh fields -and pastures new,” to try and tempt straggling black sheep to the fold. -So lately as a month ago--I write in November 1879--a learned chief of -the Protestant faith was engaged on a long voyage of several hundred -miles to confirm a sinner. As I was a party to the pious ceremony in -question, perhaps I may be allowed to relate how it took place. This -stray sheep, brought back to the fold on the back of a shepherd that -had once belonged to the unbelieving community, had but the merest -notion of the language of the religion to which he had been so happily -converted. As this innocent lamb knelt before the attentive observers, -he looked like an old bearded goat of quite a different flock. The -proceedings were carried on in a most mysterious manner: the bishop -put the questions through the convert’s spiritual prompter, the Rev. -Mr H----, who in his turn gave the cue to the principal actor. But -this complicated by-play brought on a crisis; the prompter himself -got confused, and hallooed out loud enough for the spectators to -hear, “But who _was_ your godfather?” to which query the repentant -sinner murmured “De Devil!” This was almost too much for the bishop -himself, and several times he was evidently in doubts as to whether -or not he ought to give his spiritual blessing to such a child of the -flesh. However, the ceremony was finally gone through, to everybody’s -satisfaction and relief. - -In former years, conversions were carried on far more rapidly, and on -a much larger scale. The British consulates in the East used to give a -certificate of baptism and a certificate of British nationality at the -same time, for a moderate sum. I remember when, in the year 1854, I was -commandant of the town of Bucharest, a deputation of Jewish converts -to Christianity waited upon me for help. They complained that their -pastor, the Rev. Mr M----s, had abandoned his sheep at home, and gone -to sell sheepskin jackets to the British army in the Crimea. These poor -forlorn wanderers added, that if I could not help them with pecuniary -assistance, they would strike and knock off work as Christians, -returning to their old faith. On considering the price asked, and the -value of what was proffered, I advised them strongly to do as they -said, not feeling justified in spending a shilling upon them. - -The East is a difficult labyrinth for a man to find his way through, -there are so many finger-posts having political meanings, so many -cross-paths of various denominations leading to heaven knows -where!--lovely by-lanes, with all the delights of the world on their -flowery banks, that men, bewildered and in despair, put up too often -at the half-way houses on the road, making themselves as happy as they -can with all the worldly joys around them; it is often the devil to -pay--but, alas! many thousand freethinkers do not hesitate to do it. -The only result of such a competition for converts is to separate men -more widely than ever. This is not my opinion alone. I had, in the -presence of the English bishop above mentioned, a conversation with -the Metropolitan of the Greek Church of the East. I was alluding, in -the name of the Protestant divine, to the regret experienced as to the -divisions existing in the Church of our Lord. The exact words of the -Metropolitan, and which I am authorised to state, were as follows:-- - -“Tell his eminence of the Anglican Church that it is not the flock of -Christ which is so wayward; it is we shepherds who drive them about -in different directions for our own profit. What would become of me, -Metropolitan of a Greek Church, if his eminence could convert them to -Protestantism? What would become of him if I could convert his sheep -to orthodoxy? And it is so with all Churches: they, the congregations, -could be brought easily to assemble and be thankful to God in one -mode of faith, but it cannot take place because we shepherds have an -interest in dividing them.” - -This fearless expounder of the truth afterwards added, in reply to -the bishop’s desire that a prayer should be offered up by the clergy -for the union of the Christian Churches in one: “God would not listen -to our prayers: our kingdom, the kingdom of the priests, has been in -all times a worldly kingdom; that to come will, I believe, belong to -the poor. If these latter were to ask, God would listen to them, but -not to us who cannot sincerely pray for such an end that would be -the destruction of priestly power. “I will,” he added, “give you an -instance of the intricacies of the question. I who hold in my own hand -some of the threads, cannot surmise a real clue to the solution, but -would, as a curiosity, like to explain what I know of them.” - -“On a late visit to Paris I went in full canonical dress, and assisted -at High Mass in Notre Dame. The ceremony was a grand one; the Cardinal -Archbishop of Paris himself officiated. I knew but little of the rites -and ceremonies he went through, but when he bowed or knelt I did the -same. When he prayed, I joined in the prayer; when he blessed, I bowed -my head and asked inwardly his blessing. I felt the devotion of all -around, and I joined my gratitude to the Giver of all mercies. - -“The ceremony over, I went to the usual room behind the altar for -disrobing, and was disrobed by canonical officials, as though I had -been one of the chiefs in the Church. I believe, from what I have heard -since, that no one was offended by the manner in which I assumed a -somewhat prominent part. - -“The next day I went in my official robes as a Metropolitan of the -Eastern Church, and attended by the acolytes usual on official -occasions, to pay a visit to the Cardinal Archbishop himself. _He -would not receive me._ No doubt orders had been sent from elsewhere -forbidding an official recognition of my position in a Church at all -events equal in antiquity to his own. - -“You see what divisions sever the leaders; how then can we expect the -flock to follow them into one fold? No, no; we priests divide in order -to reign. Unity of the Church can only be obtained by people going to -Christ without waiting for us. None of us can define, with convincing -simplicity to the masses, what authority we really possess as delegates -of our Saviour. I for my part am willing to hold out the hand of -fellowship to all men, even to those erring brethren the Jews. In a -few days I shall pronounce in the Senate a speech in favour of their -admission into this country as citizens. I must confess that in this -I have listened more to the voice of Christianity in the West than in -this part of the world. It is difficult for us Roumanians to look upon -the Jew as a brother who looks upon our Saviour as an impostor. Yet -still I have persuaded myself to perform this ill-defined task. I only -trust in God that the passing of the measure will not tend to increase -free-thinking doubt. I would even open my seminaries to the Jews, so -much do I long to see all men brethren, but they would not come to -them; neither do I regret it, for the orthodox Church ought, I think, -to remain in the present what she has been in the past--a prudent, -wise, and charitable mother, seeking to govern her own children wisely, -leaving other Churches to do the same with theirs. - -“I shall go to England next year if my health allow; and although I -shall try and convert no one, I hope there will be no necessity for -conversion to convince English prelates that they have in me a true -Christian brother.” - -The English prelate was a kind-hearted, learned man, full to -overflowing with a wish to do good, but evidently puzzled how to -set about it. There is a patriarchal vigour about some of the older -forms of belief, which, in its racy _bonhomie_, dwarfs Anglicanism -considerably, and makes it look somewhat of a sect--true, a good -one, as, from the power and influence at its disposal, it would be -strange if it were not; yet in a contrast like the above, it must be -confessed that it has, outwardly at least, a rather “Brummagem” look. -The Protestantism of Germany, in spite of its dreary aspirations, -has a much broader basis. It encourages an untrammelled intercourse -between thinkers of all denominations. There is an ebb and flow of -ideas going on between it and the older forms of religion in the East -which merit the attention of all who follow the outward growth and -forms of Christianity. I have attended a Protestant service in the East -where more than half of a large congregation were members of the Greek -Church; and of the many members of that community with whom I have come -into contact, and with whom I have spoken on the subject of religion, -none seemed to dislike, and many seemed to like, the Saxon form of -Protestantism as it exists in Transylvania; and I must testify that a -better class of men than there produced under this form of religion it -would be difficult to find anywhere. - -To return from this long digression to my position at Cape Town. My -execution of some Hottentot deserters had made me some pious enemies -there. Of this I was quite indifferent. The Commander-in-chief, who -saw one of them strung up to a tree, displayed his approval of the -proceeding. I intimated, however, to those who were kindly bestirring -themselves to get up an address to me from the inhabitants of Cape -Town to leave the matter alone. I had been perfectly satisfied with -the recognition of those living near the seat of war, who had had -opportunities of seeing the work I had to do, and the way in which I -did it. - -I now prepared for my return to England. I had several proposals, -amongst others, from my friend Captain Sam Rowe, who placed himself and -his stout little smack at my disposal. I hardly liked the idea of being -cooped up again in so small a space for so long a voyage, although I -was strongly tempted by the thought of visiting the whole western coast -of Africa, as Captain Rowe proposed we should do. I even entertained, -for a time, the idea of traversing the whole continent--at all events, -of proceeding up the Zambesi, and from thence on to Zanzibar. But the -supposed hostility of the Portuguese authorities to the last-named -trip, which was somewhat confirmed by the conversations I had with -the Portuguese Consul at Cape Town, prevented me. The trip across the -continent was also put off by the refusal of the Hon. R. C----, who did -not wish to go to such length on a shooting expedition (the only object -_he_ had in view); while I, more ambitiously inclined, had not the -means to make alone so lengthened a journey as a trip across the dark -continent would have been. - -After many hesitations, the fortunate arrival of some brother officers -from the seat of war decided the question. We engaged for ourselves a -schooner-yacht called the Arethusa, belonging to a Mr Eade, a London -merchant: the only part of the vessel not at our disposal was the -necessary space for a sufficient cargo as ballast. Everything being -ready for our departure, we were seated in the boat that was to convey -us to the tight little ship that had already let go her hold of African -ground, and was tacking about in the bay, bending her white wings to -the breeze, seemingly as eager as ourselves to wend her way to our -island-home. There were many kind adieus waved to us from the shore, -which the Arethusa acknowledged by a parting salute from her small -miniature guns. Loud cheers, hurrahs, sham demonstrations--the more -boisterous the better, to conceal real parting regret--when, above all -the din, one clear shrill voice pierced my ear as an arrow. “Come back! -come back!” it cried. I looked behind, and there, on the pier, stood -Noziah beckoning me to return to the shore. How could I? What could I -say to her? Never by word or deed had I wronged her. Often when she -looked in a mirror had she told me that she wished herself dead because -her skin was not white like mine. Her simple faith, however, shamed -mine. When I told her that “God made us all equal,” her colour ever -rose like a sable shroud between her life and mine. If ever the dream -of making all races one is to be realised, God must do it; man never -can. So the boat went on its way, and I left that dusky form standing -on the narrow pier like a statue of clay. - -When the war had come to an end, I had obtained, through the kindness -of General Cathcart, an order for a commissariat transport to take -Noziah to her brother Sandilli. This conveyance was afterwards sold off -and purchased by her. In this she had come to Cape Town. My agent, Mr -H----, upon whom she called the next day as she was leaving the town, -wrote and informed me that she had gone back to her home. This was the -last I heard of that pure-hearted, innocent African maid. - -Once on board I had plenty of interesting matters to think about. I -had brought down from the front several wild animals and birds, which -I intended for the Zoological Gardens at home. Amongst others, a -springbok, which Mr Mitchell, then director of the Gardens in Regents -Park, informed me was the first of that species of antelope that had -been seen alive in England. - -I also had several birds equally rare, and monkeys, besides sacks of -roots, bulbs, and herbs, the spoils of African glades, with which I -intended to adorn my own little garden at home. - -When all things had been safely stowed away, and night was drawing -on, I went to the taffrail, and looking over, thought of the land -now sinking in the distance. It is a glorious spot that Cape, which -Vasco de Gama called of Good Hope, while he thought of the wonders it -contained, as yet unseen by the white man. And so it is still to all -those who seek a future for our race: that mighty continent which Grant -has lately strode over, and Livingstone claimed for us by there laying -down his life. The entire continent must, in my opinion, be yet spread -open to us through the Cape of Good Hope. - -When I proposed to the Hon. R. C---- the noble task of pioneering -the way, I felt that we then stood at the real starting-point. It is -useless to seek a passage by wading through the oceans of sandy deserts -in effete Northern Africa, when the explorer may recruit his strength, -and start almost every day with renewed life, from the fertile -unexhausted Cape. - -Of settled life there is already a strong and valuable nucleus. -Both Dutch and English present as fine specimens of our common -Protestantism, and are as enthusiastic lovers of constitutional -rights, as are to be found anywhere. The fault hitherto impeding their -useful amalgamation has been the forcing process employed by the Home -Government. - -The annexation of the Transvaal has been a most immature and -ill-devised proceeding. However good the wished-for object may be in -itself, the end can never justify violence; and the ten thousand Dutch -Boers, born and bred with the same prevalent ideas as existed during -the Puritan times at home, cannot, by a stroke of the pen, be brought -into allegiance to the British Crown. The native population are slowly -disappearing, like dark clouds at sunrise. The advent of the white man -dispels all visions of the land ever returning to the blindness and -horrors of a barbarian sway. Let those who dream of admixture of races -look to the difficulties at home, and hold their peace. - - - - -CHAPTER XIV. - - ST HELENA--ASCENSION--MONKEYISH PRANKS IN THE “HORSE” - LATITUDES--YOUNG BEN’S FATE--AN IRISH WAKE ON THE LINE--NARROW - ESCAPE--THE MAURITIUS STEAMSHIP--OCEAN VISITORS--A WESTERLY - GALE--SIGHT THE WHITE CLIFFS OF BRIGHTON--SALUTE THE NATIVE - SOIL--A GREEDY MOUTHFUL--A DARK IMPRESSION--DIRECT ATTENTION - OF GOVERNMENT TO NEGLECTED STATE OF NAPOLEON’S LATE RESIDENCE - IN ST HELENA--OBTAIN REPLY IN 1855--DESIRE TO OBTAIN ACTIVE - MILITARY EMPLOYMENT--DELAYS OF THE HORSE GUARDS AUTHORITIES--MY - RECEPTION THERE. - - -We had a fine passage as far as St Helena. The Arethusa was a fast -sailer and a good sea boat, although rather crank at times under the -press of canvas we sometimes induced our good-natured Captain B---- to -clap on her lofty spars; in fact she was overmasted, and required all -that nice attention as to trimming that a top-heavy belle of the seas -must have not to show too much of her keel. - -From St Helena we sailed towards Ascension, noted for its turtle. -The island itself is a dull, brown spot lying in the sea, its cracked -surface looking like a burnt egg-shell. This place was discovered by -Jan de Noves, a Portuguese navigator, on Ascension Day, 1501--hence its -name--at least so I was told by a whitey-brown native who boarded us. - -We had now arrived somewhat near the “horse” latitudes, and in calm -weather, and with no work to kill the time, we began some horseplay -with the monkeys on board. The name given to these latitudes arose -from the number of horses the Spaniards used to throw overboard when -becalmed--sometimes for weeks--in these regions, passing to and fro -between their South American possessions and Europe. The chief object -of our fun on board was a large, greenish, long-tailed monkey, who, -with Darwinian forethought, had pitched upon young C---- as the fittest -selection Providence had placed within his reach on the high seas. The -competition as to natural fitness was so close between the two, that it -was often a cause of serious dispute as to which should have his way. - -One day, after a sharp bout of this kind, a real quarrel ensued, as -will occur sometimes in the best-regulated families; and young C----, -who prided himself much on ancestral descent, as, no doubt, did also -his still more anciently descended rival, came to a regular stand-up -fight with the monkey. Strength was on the side of C----, whilst -cunning and skill were on the side of the old un; but at last the -upstart gave his ancient _confrère_ such a tremendous upper cut, as he -was holding on to the ratlines, near the bulwark, that he was knocked -out of time into the bosom of the impenetrable deep, and poor young Ben -(that was the name of our monkey) had to swim for it. - -As this typical representative of lost nationality and universal -brotherhood breasted the waves like a corker, we tried to lower a -boat; but although the apparatus always acts at home, it never does -at sea, so the boat stuck up in the air on its davits. We then threw -a life-belt towards the now nearly exhausted Ben; but although he had -enough instinct to grasp it, he had not enough sense to pass it over -his head and under his arms. So we saw his efforts getting slowly -weaker and weaker as he clasped and clutched at the slippery buoy, -and at length he sank beneath the waves, down, down among the dead -men, to be found again, no doubt, one day by some yet undreamt-of -ethno-geologist, who will perhaps deduce from his bones that the -aborigines of the Atlantic were very little men, with long caudal -appendages, and descant learnedly upon every link in that long tail, -until he comes to the end of his own, and finds out his mistake. - -In commemoration of this sad event we proposed a sort of Irish wake, to -be held as we passed the line. - -From Ascension we reached away so far to the west that nothing but the -most abstract calculation could give our captain any idea as to the -latitude and longitude in which we really were, and our little bark -seemed to be dancing about on the line like an amateur rope-dancer. -This is a rather metaphysical metaphor; but I am talking learnedly now, -influenced, no doubt, by our skipper’s tuition. Time hanging heavily -on my hands in this dead calm, when even the green waves assumed the -lifeless heaviness of molten lead, I had taught myself navigation, -and held such lengthy discussions with our captain as to the position -and value of stars, planets, and constellations, as to appear to the -somewhat astonished listeners around as though I were a Newton and a -Pascal rolled into one. - -The captain and I, over our glasses (telescopes I mean, of course), had -become so awfully knowing, that my only doubts were as to which knew -the least of the two; and it was only for the sake of the respect due -to seniority in this happy ignorance that I allowed him to navigate the -ship. One day, however, nettled by some critical observations of mine, -in a sudden fit of displeasure he threw up his commission as skipper, -and I took his place; but as it happened to be a dead calm at the time, -I had no means of showing my superior seamanship. Thus time passed on, -while I still retained a certain happy-go-lucky faith in my own _star_ -quite as strong as the captain’s in his. In this I was fully justified, -as the sequel will show. - -On passing over the supposed line, which our captain, after dinner, -had kindly chalked out before us in a very zigzag manner on the -mahogany, in the prelude to the _in memoriam_ wake for poor Ben, whom, -as I previously stated, we had left deep down in the phosphorescent -waters of the southern hemisphere. While others were singing song after -song in happy oblivion of past warfare at the Cape, _I_ was thinking -that we had entered into British waters. This was somewhat a stretch -of imagination, but nothing is too big for me when I dream of Old -England--like Ben, I dive into futurity. Thus human nature seeks for -pleasure and enjoyment in many and varied channels, according to its -own appreciation of wherein these consist. - -The bottle was circling freely, and the hot, stifling atmosphere of the -mess-cabin below made us feel delightfully dry every time it neared us, -as one after another we passed the Rubicon between self-possession and -being possessed. Notwithstanding all this joviality, an uncomfortable -feeling was slowly creeping over me, and at last became so unbearable -that I ran upon deck to breathe the fresh air. How grand all appeared -under that mighty dome, compared to the rafters of the cabin below! -The night was glorious in its starry splendour; the sea slept gently -heaving, as though with loving dreams surging, while soft breezes -rippled its face with smiles. - -The boisterous mirth arising from the cabin below seemed strangely out -of place. I turned to the man at the helm; the idiot seemed as screwed -as the wheel that rolled in his slackened grasp. “Holloa, mate!” I -said, “what is that light on the water you are steering for?” pointing -to a flame I saw gleaming there. “A tar-barrel,” he said, “some chaps -passing the line have chucked overboard.” “But it is nearing us too -fast for that--look out, man! Good God! its a ship!--luff, luff!” and -suiting the action to the word, I jumped to the wheel and jammed the -helm down; then swiftly glided by a huge black hull, its deck crowded -with dusky figures, shouting and gesticulating to us like demons, its -stern grazing our quarter, as the good ship Arethusa, like a form -endowed with life, sprang up into the wind, and saved herself from -destruction. One second more and we had been down, down amongst the -dead men, not far from poor Ben. - -Up rushed the startled convivialists from below, some with their -glasses still in hand, and I crept ’neath the bulwarks, and kneeling, -felt a mother’s prayer had been heard that night on my behalf. This -vessel proved to be the Mauritius, a large iron screw, then bound on -her first voyage to India round the Cape. She was afterwards one of the -fleet of transports placed under my orders for the conveyance of troops -to the Crimea, an account of which will shortly appear in my military -correspondence concerning that war. This narrow squeak sobered us for -a few days, but our spirits revived as the western winds now began to -blow. - -The frigate-hawk--a truly wonderful bird for its powers of flight--came -often to pay us a visit, and changed the monotony of continually -looking into the sea for beings endowed with life. I might have shot -one or two, and had the head of my rifle more than once on their -bodies, as they floated overhead without a quiver in their outspread -wings; but such aerial life I did not like to see streaked with blood, -so I left them alone in their boundless home, instead of sending them -to a glass cage in the British Museum. - -Of shark, bonito, and other scaly-looking denizens of the sea, there -had been often exciting scenes of what some called sport, but I must -say I never could see much fun in it. I certainly should have liked to -have had a go-in with a vicious-looking shark on fair terms, but then -I was most undeniably afraid of him in the water, and on the deck of -our ship he was no match for me; so, before I had seen two such hooked -monsters hauled on board and butchered with spears and knives, I used -to feel rather disgusted than otherwise with such displays. - -As for the huge, gaunt-looking albatross as they flapped their -leather-looking wings like vampires around us, no one seemed -particularly anxious to settle accounts with them: a superstitious awe -influenced even the most reckless amongst us as they circled above our -heads. Curiously enough, the only one who had the courage to pull a -trigger at them was young K---- of the 74th, and he died soon after he -landed. - -We were now in latitudes where westerly gales are of frequent -occurrence, and a rattling one caught us one night as we were running -with studding-sails set. So sudden was its approach that there could be -no question of our taking in sail; so, in a storm of wind and rain, we -flew along as though Neptune on his foaming sea-horses was trying to -catch us. The poor little Arethusa fairly staggered under the force of -the gale, like a startled hare now swerving to the right, now to the -left, twisting, cracking, and burying herself in the sea as deep as she -could without absolutely giving up the struggle and going once for all -to the bottom, until old blustering Boreas at last, in kind compassion, -relieved us of some spars. Then, with the rags of our late flaunting -sails, and with just as much more as was necessary to steady us on our -course, we proceeded more safely if more humbly than before. The little -ship rose buoyant to the seas as though no longer afraid of them, -starting afresh from the top and sliding down the ribbed backs of the -long-rolling billows, defying them as they crested their foaming heads -in anger behind us. - -It was very exciting. I thought of Sam Rowe and his little smack -battling with such weather, and though I had more confidence in his -skill than in that of our skipper, yet, like Tom Bowling, I preferred -the Arethusa in the Bay of Biscay to the Mary Jane. - -Good old Sam! I hope he won’t think me foolish as he reads these -lines--for the old boy is hale and hearty yet, and, with spectacles on -nose, and ‘Western Times’ in hand, can still discuss matters shrewdly. - -On the 30th July the white cliffs of Brighton gladdened our eyes, and -running up the coast, we hove to off Eastbourne and took a pilot on -board. Some of us were so anxious to get ashore that we took passage in -the boat that had brought out the pilot, and with a cheer from some of -the more patient who had remained on deck, pulled away to the beach; -but on our arrival there, we found that the boat was too deep in the -water to get close in to the shore. This did not stop us. Young L---- -and I jumped into the surf up to our waists and waded ashore. This -ducking had in no wise cooled my excitement, for, in placing my foot -once more on English soil, I threw myself on the ground and gave it a -hearty kiss. - -After this exhibition I felt rather taken aback by the astonished looks -of some sight-seers who had come down to view our disembarkation. On -rising to explain matters to the astonished natives I could not get a -word out. They no doubt thought me to be choking with emotion, but it -was otherwise. In the fervour of my embrace the sand had got into my -mouth, and, as I had no tooth-brush at hand, I was obliged to make use -of my finger to remove a lump of my fatherland from my mouth, as though -it had been a quid. - -Young L----, who jumped with me from the boat, had also gone through -the same kissing ceremony; he, however, had not taken such a greedy -mouthful, and after carefully wiping the salt water from his boots and -trousers with his handkerchief, kindly offered to perform the same -operation for me. To this I consented; but I thought he was paying -rather too much solicitude to my appearance as he scrubbed away at my -face; however, the task once over, we started for the Parade, to the -laughing astonishment of all the bystanders. After proceeding a little -distance L---- left me on some frivolous pretext, and I went on alone. - -On reaching the Parade, among the first persons I met were Lady -P---- and her daughters--intimate friends of my family. Without much -hesitation I gave the old lady a kiss, and would have continued -the salute all round if allowed, had not the expression, or rather -impression, on her ladyship’s face made me hesitate. She had a marbled -forehead, a black-spotted nose, and a comically shaped O round her -lips. I saw that I must have blackened her face; and as I knew that -it could not have been done by any African black imported from the -Kaffirs, I recollected that it must have been by some of Day & Martin’s -received from L----’s pocket-handkerchief as we made our hurried -toilet on the beach. Lady P---- kindly accepted my excuses for this -uncalled-for display of polished attention, and after a few words of -explanation, left me spotless of any design to darken either her face -or her fame. - -On arriving in London I continued busy for some days in forwarding my -importations, bulbs, and plants to my home, at that time at Grangewood, -Leicester; and the springbok, monkeys, &c., to the “Zoo” in Regent’s -Park. - -My first serious business after my arrival was to bring the disgraceful -condition of the great Napoleon’s last residence to the attention -of her Majesty’s Government. Every time my thoughts travelled back -to my late undertakings in South Africa they passed over St Helena, -and recoiled with shame at the desolate state into which England had -allowed this place to fall. I, however, had not a voice loud enough -to be heard at the time, and notwithstanding my repeated efforts in -that direction, I could not get a member of the Government during the -Gladstonian era to take the matter up. It was only in 1855 that I at -last obtained a hearing. Lord Clarendon, to whom I sent a copy of my -suggestions as to what England ought to do, wrote me to say that I -should no doubt be glad to hear that her Majesty’s Government had taken -the necessary measures to place the tomb, residence, &c., under the -safeguard of the French Government. He did not, however, mention a word -of recognition as to its having been done at my suggestion; in fact, -on re-reading his letter to-day, it seems to imply that _he_ was the -author of the whole affair, and _I_ merely a busy-body in the matter. - -My correspondence during the conferences held for the signing of the -Treaty of Paris will explain many curious, and I may say interesting, -details as to this Treaty still undreamt of by the public. - -I now turned my attention to the attainment of my long-hoped-for -position in the British army; and in this the Duke of Newcastle, then -Colonial Minister--who had always taken a warm interest in my welfare, -as he did in that of many others--promised to support me to the utmost -of his power, in accordance with the deserts of my actual services, and -the loud recognition the colonists themselves in their addresses to me -had vouchsafed to give. Days and weeks went by without any progress -being made in the matter, and I passed my time in travelling between -London and Tamworth. Now and then, indeed, I attended a public dinner, -at which I made short, confused speeches--for I really never could -understand what I had done worth being thanked for; and I only hoped to -be enabled, from my past efforts and position acquired, to do something -more. - -This opportunity, however, the Horse Guards authorities seemed -determined not to give me. One day I received a letter from the -Colonial Secretary, saying I had better come up to town and place the -matter myself before the proper authorities. This was an intense bore -to me. If I had rendered any real service it was patent enough to -explain itself, but I had an excessive dislike to perform the part of -oculist to those who were wilfully blind. However, I submitted so far -as to write the usual letter asking for an audience of the Military -Secretary. The reply came in due time, and I presented myself at the -Horse Guards on the day stated for reception. - -My number was twelve; and when it was called out I went to the door -leading to the audience-room, and was in the act of entering, when a -tall, lanky fellow, coming up quickly from behind, pushed me aside, and -thrust himself before me into the room. I was in no good humour at the -time, and I have no doubt looked bent on resenting this impertinent -act; but before I could reach out my hand to turn this young fellow -round and ask for an explanation, Colonel Airey stepped up between us, -and said, “Captain Lakeman, let me beg of you to wait for a few minutes -outside, for I have some words of importance to communicate to this -gentleman.” - -I felt but little inclined to accede to this wish, and explained that I -had as yet no apology for what had taken place. He said he would give -me that himself, and again begged me kindly to wait outside. - -To this, after some demur, I consented, for I could not readily -conceive what prevented the young man in question from giving an excuse -for his rudeness, assuming that he had one to offer; so I said, as -he was looking from the Colonel to me, open-mouthed, without saying -a word, “If this gentleman is a foreigner, and cannot speak English, -let the matter rest for the moment,” and thereupon I left the room. I -stayed, kicking my heels for some time outside, strongly tempted to -leave, for I felt instinctively nothing good was likely to result from -the proposed interview; but I thought of the kind-hearted Duke, and to -oblige him I remained. - -At length my number was called again, and upon entering, the Colonel -was most off-handed in his communications. “You see, Captain Lakeman,” -he said, “the times are looking dark in the East, as you no doubt are -aware, and coming events cast their shadows before: much anxiety is -felt at the Horse Guards. I have some doubts myself as to whether I -shall not throw down the pen and take up the sword. You see blood will -tell, and that young gentleman, who I must say behaved rather abruptly -towards you, came also to offer his services at this critical time.” I -said, “May I ask you, Colonel, the name of that young man?” “Oh dear -me, yes!” he said; “it was Viscount Forth. You see, Captain Lakeman,” -he added, “that in times such as these we want the back-bone of the -nation, the English aristocracy, to come to the front.” (By a curious -coincidence this _back-bone_ of the nation did come to the front in -the Crimea, in the very first engagement he was in, for he showed it -instead of his chest to the Russians as he bolted to Balaklava.) “And -I have just presented to him a commission. Now please let me know, -Captain Lakeman, what I can do for you.” - -I was turning over in my mind what answer to give to this polite -inquiry, when this usually taciturn military secretary, in seemingly -overflowing spirits, burst out again, with a wave of the hand-- - -“Oh, it is needless to ask; his Grace has kindly spoken in your behalf, -but really I am sorry to say that we have bestowed so many commissions -of late, that I think, after all, as you are rich, you had better -purchase, and I will do all I can to remove any impediments in the way -as to age, &c.” - -I was then twenty-four. This very kind proposal had such a supremely -ridiculous effect on me, that notwithstanding all my efforts to contain -myself before so dignified a person as the Military Secretary, I could -not help laughing audibly. It did not even occur to me that I ought to -make any attempt to conceal my amusement at this ridiculous proposal, -so, bowing lowly, I rose and left the room, leaving the somewhat -astonished Colonel alone in his doubts as to whether, after all, -Viscount Forth or myself had the best claims to a commission in her -Majesty’s service. - -This was the discouraging result of a military education, finished at -the best Continental schools, with the further advantage of having -accompanied European armies in the field for the sake of instruction; -of having placed the modern rifle, at my own expense, in the hands -of the British soldier; of showing the use of better accoutrements -(my men wore the helmet in 1851); of having been mentioned many times -in general orders for gallant conduct in the field, &c., &c. Well, I -thought, the sooner this state of affairs is changed the sooner Old -England will find better servants. - -In this mood I went to report progress in Downing Street. His Grace -of Newcastle was kind and considerate as usual, and abused the Horse -Guards as heartily as the British Radical, and finally left me to -consult with Mr R----, his private secretary, as to what now remained -to be done to meet the views of the colonists concerning a recognition -of my services to them. - -In the present state of affairs nothing suitable seemed to present -itself; a civil employment abroad--the only gift at the disposal of the -Colonial Office--did not meet my views; so, after a lengthened confab, -I returned to my _lares_ and _penates_, and awaited events. - - - - -CHAPTER XV. - - START ON A MISSION TO THE EAST--VISIT GALLIPOLI, AND - REPORT UPON IT TO LORD STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE--REPORT ON - THE ENTIRE SEABOARD OF THE DARDANELLES--VISIT THE TURKISH - ARMY ON THE DANUBE, AND REPORT ON ITS CONDITION--WINTER - TRAVELLING IN BALL-ROOM DRESS--RETURN TO CONSTANTINOPLE--THE - EMBASSY THERE--THE WAR MINISTRY AT HOME--ITS INCAPACITY--AM - OFFERED A KNIGHTHOOD, BUT DECLINE THE HONOUR--THE EASTERN - QUESTION--THE DIFFICULTY OF REGENERATING THE TURKS BY - FOREIGN INTERFERENCE--THEIR MORAL DEGRADATION--MY KNIGHTHOOD - IS DECIDED UPON--JOURNEY TO WINDSOR--LORDS PALMERSTON AND - ABERDEEN--MONOLOGUES WITH PREDECESSORS IN ARMOUR--THE - CEREMONY--CONCLUSION. - - -Events came rapidly enough. Those shadows in the East at which Colonel -Airey had been throwing his pen, and was now preparing his sword to -demolish, were thickening fast. A mission was offered to me to go -to Constantinople, which I eagerly accepted, and in September 1853 -I left England for the East. On my arrival there I was sent by Lord -Stratford de Redcliffe to Gallipoli. I made a lengthy report to show -the uselessness of that spit of land as a place of rendezvous for the -English and French to fight the Russians, then hundreds of miles away -across the Balkans and the Danube. - -Gallipoli is a point that may be used to threaten Asia, but not Europe. -As such it was used by the Galli or Gauls--hence its name. I exposed -the fact that an army disembarking for the purpose of repelling -an invader, which the Russian army was, lost all the prestige of -success by preparing defences in case of retreat, and the fortifying -of Gallipoli meant nothing else. It seemed almost cowardly thus to -begin when the Turks alone were meeting the Russians in the open -field. After Lord Stratford had received this report, he sent me -further directions to visit the whole length of the Dardanelles and -investigate the military and political influence they would possess in -the East, supposing a war took place between England and Russia. These -instructions I followed out, and afterwards returned to Constantinople -along the shores of the Sea of Marmora, giving further details -concerning the entire coast. His lordship was so satisfied with the -manner in which I had performed my task that he gave me immediately -another to perform. I was sent on board H.M.S. the Valorous, Captain -Loring, with a dragoman of the Embassy (Mr Sarel), to Varna, from -whence I was to visit all the fortresses on the Danube, to report on -their actual state and future importance, and to furnish a description -of the Turkish army then in Bulgaria. - -On landing at Varna, I found that a report on that place would be -useless, as Colonel Neale, then her Majesty’s Consul there, was putting -the last touch to a most able account of its importance and real value. -The Colonel had seen fighting whilst employed in the Spanish Legion -under brave General Evans, and was as competent in wielding the pen as -the sword. - -From Varna we proceeded to Schumla, and a bitterly cold trip it was. I -must here explain that I had left Constantinople in an evening costume -in the following manner: At a soiree held at the Embassy at which I had -the honour to assist, Lord Stratford, to whom that same day I had given -in my report concerning the Dardanelles, came from his study into the -room and said he wanted me to make a similar report on the Danube, and -that I must start directly. He had just spoken to Captain Loring of -the Valorous on the subject, who had already left the Embassy for his -vessel. Steam was already up, and the sooner I left the better. - -As for clothes, I might have anything in his own wardrobe. Without -more ado I took a greatcoat belonging to his lordship, which I still -possess as a reminiscence of one of the greatest men England ever sent -to represent her. - -Thus accoutred I went on board, Mr Sarel following much in the same -style of attire. When on board, Captain Loring kindly offered any part -of his outfit for my use, but no number of reefs would bring them to -a suitable shape on my then slender form; and Colonel Neale’s short -hose were so stumpy and baggy as to make me look like a Blue-coat boy -under the trailing garment of Lord Stratford: so I declined all these -proffered masqueradings, and got on my Tartar post-boy charger on my -way to Schumla, bundled up in such rolls of hay round my legs and arms -as to make my little nag more inclined to eat than to carry me. Poor -Sarel was in a still worse plight than myself. I at all events had -been well hardened in the saddle, while he had only been accustomed -to the soft chairs at the Embassy, and soon sat on the leather of his -seat as though it had been the pigskin of the tenderest sucking-pig in -Bulgaria. - -Thus we proceeded in a rather undignified fashion up the Deona Valley, -through Peveda and Batschesci to Schumla. There I saw Omar Pasha, and -after two or three interviews, cemented an intimacy with him that the -efforts of none could afterwards break until he left this world. - -Omar had all the talents in him of which great men are made, but he -had also the dominant failing of the weakest--namely, that of an -unbeliever. It was at Schumla that I had the first opportunity of -seeing the sterling worth and the vices of the Turkish army, of which -Omar was so fitting a commander and representative chief. Here I saw -men who lately, panic-stricken, had run away from a few harmless -Russian scouts _on the other side of the Danube_, now patiently -dragging, with frost-bitten feet and hands, big siege-guns on sledges -through snow as a mere matter of ordinary duty. Tall, sturdy, smiling -countenances, with death’s cold hand already upon them. But I shall not -enlarge on these scenes for the present. - -I visited Schumla in question, and returned in the good ship Valorous -to Constantinople. This city, which an Englishman gave his name to (for -Constantine the Great was not only British-born, but his mother, the -great St Helena, was the daughter of a remarkable king of Essex), was -to me a place of wonder: my eyes were more occupied in feasting on its -marvels, than my thoughts in working out its future. - -The men of the Embassy were as remarkable as their chief--the Smythes, -the Allisons, the Brodies, and the Pisanis, were a bright nucleus of -men any nation might be proud of. Neither were the representatives of -the real antagonists, Russia and France, much below them--the Aussicks, -the Menschikoffs, were no ordinary men. - -My mission being ended I returned to England, and on arrival found that -my report had created more anxiety than satisfaction. - -Whatever the world may say or think about those then actually in power, -I found them to be possessed of only erroneous preconceptions and to -be influenced by indecision. As I unfolded to Lord Raglan the real -state of affairs, he kept nervously twitching the stump of his arm, and -looked more like a victim going to be sacrificed on the altar of duty, -than a general prepared to take the command of an army. - -I was thanked for what I had done, but that was all I got for my pains. -True, Colonel Airey called me always Captain; but as this was a mere -act of courtesy, just as two years afterwards he called me General -when in the Crimea, I naturally placed no more value on it than it -deserved. I hope, however, that he will read my future description of -that campaign, and explain by what misconception he needlessly caused -so many thousands of British soldiers to go through such an amount of -bitter suffering. - -At this time I was offered a knighthood, but refused it as being of -no military value to me. Another mission was then proposed, which I -accepted. Russia and France seemed determined to seize each other by -the throat, in their dispute as to which of them had the right to -paint the Holy Sepulchre, and to hold the keys of that tomb which the -apostles found empty. - -Lord Stratford was looking on as arbitrator. His better judgment was -with Russia, but his bias against her; his grand intellect swayed -to and fro in his efforts to reconcile both. Some of his despatches -at this momentous time are the grandest specimens of diplomatic -correspondence to be found in the English language. To those who were -cognisant of the tortuous intricacies of the Eastern question, the -truth, the energy, the flashes of genius amidst obscure renderings that -are therein found, are something truly wonderful. Had he willed it, -at this time, the war would not have taken place; but his great mind -at last wearied, and reeled under the burden of holding the balance -aloof in such weighty matters; and from being judge he became advocate, -thinking, perhaps, that the shells might remain to Russia and France, -whilst England should have the oyster. This could not be right, for the -British Government had no perception of the duty that was incumbent -on possession. Its actions reminded me of what I had then recently -witnessed in the Turkish provinces. There beys or governors were good -enough in themselves, and to those of the same creed, but they lived -and haughtily prospered on the vices and failings of those whom they -governed. - -Parents often kept their children, or children their parents, in -prison, to satisfy any pique of the moment, or persistent desire to -wrong one another. At Silivri, ancient Silymbria, a town of Roumelia, -on the Sea of Marmora, containing about 8000 inhabitants, I turned out -of prison upwards of sixty persons, who had been kept in durance vile -by the governor on the daily payment of so much per head, according -to the rank of the incarcerated, for no crime whatever, but simply to -satisfy the grudge of persons with whom they were at enmity. A Nicolai -Bogdan, a wealthy tradesman of the town, had imprisoned his own mother -to gratify the spite of his wife for some supposed family wrongs; and -as the poor old woman left the prison, where she had been confined -for the last four years, squalid in her filth and rags, Ahmed Bey, -the governor, asked me if such a dog of a Christian, as Bogdan was, -deserved the attention of Lord Stratford. In this observation lay the -gist of all the evil of the time. - -The Whig Government, more or less subservient to the Manchester school -of politics, wanted, like the governor of Silivri, to prosper in a -worldly point of view, but did not wish to assume any moral obligation. -So long as goods were sold they did not care anything about the buyer -personally, or as to where his money came from, provided he did not -become bankrupt. They were equally indifferent as to whom fell the task -of paying twelve per cent interest on the loans they so freely offered -to the Turk, forcing him to greater and more relentless exactions on -the poor Christian taxpayer for the repayment. - -Such policy is as selfish as that of a French Communard, whose motto -is, “After us the Deluge;” and the deluge _did_ come, sweeping away the -prosperity and comfort of thousands and thousands of English families -who had trusted to the positive indebtedness of the British Government -to supervise and direct those to whom they otherwise would not have -trusted their hard-earned savings. - -It is useless to speak of _hatti-humayoums, rades_, or any other -devices of ambassadors, signed by a time-serving Sultan for the -regeneration of his subjects. Local laws such as these, if applied to -the people themselves, may fulfil all their requirements; but foreign -suggestions and foreign pressure require foreign subjects, which native -subjects who are worthy the name will never become. Neither can you -regenerate a nation by the mere force of will, nor by force of arms. -The people must have an innate feeling of willing participation to -render reforms desirable. - -I have had, whilst governor of the district of Bourgas, a sack brought -to me by a Bulgarian peasant, which contained the head of his own -child, murdered by brigands before his eyes; yet that peasant, who was -mayor of his own village, and had ample means of at least making an -effort to save it, had never lifted a finger in its behalf, but now -came to me for assistance towards payment of the ransom he had promised -to save another child he had at home. I ask, what laws could regenerate -the conduct of that man? Parental love could not even arouse him to -his duty towards his own flesh and blood! What chance would foreign -devices have to move him? I do not cite this as a solitary case, but as -one of many similar examples of degradation which weigh upon a large -portion of the population in Turkey. I have more than once seen a Turk -maltreating a Christian. I have had the instrument taken out of the -hand of the offender and placed in the hands of the stricken, then, -standing over both, have insisted upon retaliation. But this was too -abstruse a method for the perception of a Bulgarian. If, thought he, -no doubt, I could really help him, why not let him _murder_ the Turk? -As for beating, that would still leave his foe alive, and after my -departure the Turk would thrash him worse than ever. What the Bulgarian -told me in 1854 is applicable now--“Leave the Christian alone in the -hands of the Turk, and he will be more despised and ill-governed than -ever.” - -The clergy in the East, as might be readily supposed, offer no fixed -standard of morality to guide the masses, as the following, among many -other cases brought to my knowledge, will readily prove. When the -Emperor Nicholas of Russia died, I was then in command of Western -Roumelia; and the clergy of the district, headed by the Metropolitan -of Adrianople, came officially to ask of me, as a Christian Pasha, to -be allowed to celebrate a Mass for the repose of the Emperors soul. -The ostensible reason given for this act of public gratitude was the -many acts of solicitude the dead Emperor had shown for their Church: -scarcely an ornament on their altars, even to the very canonical -costumes which they then had on their backs, but they were indebted to -him for. - -This outward demonstration imposed so much upon me that I told the -Metropolitan, and the other bishops with him, that if they were so much -indebted, why did they not, by some overt act beyond spiritual regard, -show their acknowledgments? The successor of him whom they so deeply -deplored had ascended the throne. France, England, and Turkey were in -the field against him, and he had not a friend in the world--not even -Austria, who owed her very existence to his father--that would say a -word or lift a finger in his behalf. Now, at this solemn moment for -the orthodox Church, a universal display in favour of Alexander might -so impress the Allies as to eventually bring about a close of the war -without too much sorrow and suffering on the part of Russia. - -The Metropolitan replied, “We have nothing to offer Russia alive; when -she is dead, all we can do is to offer up prayers for her.” - -So much for Christian gratitude in the East--and be it remarked -that these Vladicas and Popas were not all Greeks, but many of them -Bulgarians. - -I was now on the point of leaving England once more without the -slightest notice having been taken of the recommendations of General -Sir Harry Smith, General Cathcart, or of the colonists regarding my -services, when it was suggested by Lord Clarendon, whom I was going -specially to serve, that some sort of handle to my name would increase -the chances of my being useful to him. The letter of the noble -statesman on this subject, which is still in my possession, would merit -a place, and that not a low one, amidst a collection of jokes of the -period. Its only fault is that it makes one laugh on the wrong side of -the face. This parental solicitude of the Foreign Office towards one -of its adopted little children aroused me to the necessity of belonging -to some established English institution. The Horse Guards, where I -begged my new guardian still to leave me, had refused to receive me -without payment. As a _pis aller_, it was decided that I should be sent -to Windsor Castle; and I must say that, after all my late tossings -about, I had reason to be gratified at last, for I breathed much more -freely there than in Downing Street--and I was, besides, much more -kindly treated. - -The journey to Windsor Castle was a pleasant one. I was seated between -Lord Palmerston and Lord Aberdeen; and although the Duke of Newcastle -had assured me that Lord Palmerston was always so much behind time as -never to see fish on his own table, yet he managed to come in very -strong with the _roast_ for Lord Aberdeen before we got to Windsor. The -quiet old Scotchman seemed more than once on the point of “spitting” -out a not over-polite expletive in reply, but, on reflection, he -always managed to bolt it. The two presented such a contrast, that it -appeared to me, a youngster, incredible that they could occupy the -same political level. The former amused himself by pumping me out; -the latter required almost a force-pump to get anything into him. The -result might be the same, but the operation was quite different. I -took, however, special pains during the journey to instil into the mind -of this kilted-petticoat authority that, although I looked so young, I -was really no novice in the art of war. He was to be my respondent, or -warrantor, for my qualifications as a knight-bachelor, whatever that -may mean. - -At length we arrived at the Castle. The Ministers went to attend a -Cabinet Council. It looked more as if they had been engaged on some -parish business than on the affairs of the world. I was left alone to -promenade up and down a long corridor, lined with my predecessors in -glory--knights-dummies in armour. I was getting tired of my monologues -with these iron-jawed gentry, and beginning to feel some uncomfortable -twinges from an inward monitor not always easily appeased after a -country ride, when the young Duke of Brabant, the present King of the -Belgians, came up to me and asked if I was Captain Lakeman from the -Cape. He said that the Duke of Newcastle had told him of my presence; -and he added, I would no doubt easily excuse his anxiety to know all -about the Dutch colonists, in whom his father also took the warmest -interest. I was relating to him, in as few words as possible, all I -knew about the sturdy Dutchmen, with whom I also claimed a common -descent, when a most solemn-looking personage came up and told me to -follow him. After a warm shake-hands, which the young duke honoured -me with, I followed the gentleman in black as gravely as though this -had been my last farewell on earth. He led the way to a small side -door, and opening it as a church-beadle opens a pew, beckoned me to -enter. I bowed, and walked in. It was a small, oak-panelled room, in -the middle of which stood a Lady surrounded by sedate-looking men. I -felt as if a mistake had been made,--that I had got into the manorial -enclosure instead of the strangers’ pew,--and was on the point of -bowing myself out again, in the humblest way possible, as a proof of -my unintentional intrusion, when the Lady mentioned smiled so kindly -that I left off bowing and walked further on. There was no necessity -to tell me now that I was in the presence of the Queen. _I felt that -I was._ Whatever may be often thought nowadays of “such divinity as -doth hedge monarchs,” I for my part was ready at once to acknowledge -that fealty to England’s ruler which, hitherto, I had only offered -to the dear country itself. After a few words had passed, a cushion -was brought and laid before me, and then another, on which there was -a heavy-looking sword. Some one behind me whispered that I was to -kneel--an operation by no means agreeable to a man before company. -This I somewhat awkwardly did, and so remained, with my face bent -towards her Majesty’s feet, expecting every moment to feel the weight -of the sword on my shoulder to indicate that the ceremony had begun, -but nothing came. There was a dead silence. So I looked up and saw the -Queen holding up the sword and directing an inquiring glance towards -some one behind my back. Whoever that person was, he seemed to be a -long time in answering. It was the Earl of Aberdeen. It was evident to -me that her Majesty could not hold the sword over my head much longer. -I asked what was wanted. “Your Christian name,” her Majesty said. -“Stephen,” I replied; and down came the sword, missing the shoulder -and striking the cushion. The ceremony, however, was complete without -that, for her Majesty immediately said, “Arise, Sir Stephen,” and held -out her hand to kiss. I did kiss it, and felt in doing so that she had -not many in her wide realm who would serve her more devotedly than I if -necessity required it. - -The cushions were removed; the Queen graciously smiled to all around -and left the room, and we retired together through the long corridor -before mentioned. 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