If anything is going to give in a wagon, or if there is green wood in it, it will show out on the first trip.

This particular vehicle was what we call a "half-tented" wagon, that is to say, only covered in over the after twelve feet, leaving all the front part free for the necessaries we had to carry with us.

In this after part were a hide "cartle," or bed, on which two people could sleep, also racks for rifles, and many other little conveniences.

I gave L125 for it, and think that it was cheap at the price.
Then I bought a beautiful team of twenty Zulu oxen, which I had kept my eye on for a year or two.

Sixteen oxen is the usual number for a team, but I took four extra to allow for casualties.