CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
THE "TREK-BOKEN." Those who remained by the camp had had their adventures too; and their tale was by no means a merry one, for it disclosed the unpleasant fact, that the sheep and goats were all lost.

The flock had been carried off, in a most singular manner; and there was but little hope of their ever being seen again.
Hans began his tale:-- "Nothing unusual occurred on the day you left us.

I was busy all the afternoon in cutting `wait-a-bit' thorns for a kraal.

Totty helped me to drag them up, while Jan and Truey looked after the flock.

The animals did not stray out of the valley here, as the grass was good, and they had had enough of trotting lately.
"Well--Totty and I got the kraal, as you see, all ready.