Also he arranged with them to come down into Natal, so as to be ready to people it as soon as he received the formal cession of the country from Dingaan.

Indeed, most of them began to trek at once, although jealousies between the various commandants caused some of the bands, luckily for themselves, to remain on the farther side of the mountains.
At length, everything being settled, we rode away, and reached the Bushman's River camp on a certain Saturday afternoon.

Here, to my joy, we found all well.

Nothing had been heard of Hernan Pereira, while the Zulus, if we might judge from messengers who came to us, seemed to be friendly.

Marie, also, had now quite recovered from the fears and hardships which she had undergone.