Water I must find at all costs, or I must go home.

There was time enough for me to get back without suffering much, but if so I must give up my explorations.

This I was determined not to do.

The more I looked at these red cliffs the more eager I was to find out their secret.

There must be water somewhere; otherwise how account for the lushness of the vegetation?
My horse was a veld pony, so I set him loose to see what he would do.
He strayed back on the path to Umvelos'.