His most successful effort in that line was the song of "Jim Crow," and he performed the "turn about and wheel about and do just so" part of it until he got giddy, or pretended to be; and to get rid of him and his brethren, we gave them some flour and a smoke of tobacco, and they departed.
We arrived at the Charlotte Waters station on the 4th of August, 1872; this was actually my last outpost of civilisation.

My companion, Mr.
Carmichael, and I were most kindly welcomed by Mr.Johnstone, the officer in charge of this depot, and by Mr.Chandler, a gentleman belonging to a telegraph station farther up the line.

In consequence of their kindness, our stay was lengthened to a week.

My horses were all the better for the short respite, for they were by no means in good fettle; but the country having been visited by rains, grass was abundant, and the animals improving.

The party consisted only of myself, Carmichael, and Robinson; I could not now obtain another man to make up our original number of four.