At Durban he had fitted himself out in a regal way with two wagons, full teams, and some spare oxen, and trekked to Pretoria where he had arrived a few days before.

Now he was ready to start for the Lydenburg district and look for those buffalo.
"But," I said, "the buffalo probably long ago departed.

Also there has been a war with Sekukuni, the Basuto chief who rules all that country, which remains undecided, although I believe some kind of a peace has been patched up.

This may make hunting in this neighborhood dangerous.

Why not try some other ground, to the north of the Transvaal, for instance ?" "Quatermain," he answered, "I have come all the way from England, I will not say to kill, but to try to kill buffalo in the Lydenburg district, with you if possible, if not, without you, and thither I am going.