On the morning of the fifth day I could go no farther, so I crept to the top of a koppie and watched their long line winding across the plain.

In its centre were two mules, and on one of these mules sat a woman.

Then I knew that no harm had befallen my mistress as yet, for she still lived.
"Now from the koppie I saw a little kraal far away to the right, and to this kraal I came that same afternoon with my last strength.

I told its people that I had escaped from the slave-drivers, and they treated me kindly.

Here it was also I learnt that some white men from Natal were digging for gold in these mountains, and next day I travelled on in search of them, thinking perchance they would help me, for I know well that the English hate the slave-drivers.