We then struck more to the north towards our destination.

As soon as they had gone I had out my map and searched it for the name old Coetzee had mentioned.

It was a very bad map, for there had been no surveying east of the Berg, and most of the names were mere guesses.

But I found the word 'Rooirand' marking an eastern continuation of the northern wall, and probably set down from some hunter's report.

I had better explain here the chief features of the country, for they bulk largely in my story.