CHAPTER XIV.

Expedition across the Great Orange River against the Basuto Chief, Moshesh--Object of Expedition--Preparations for the March--Fort Armstrong--Elands Post--Tambookie Herdsmen--Kamastone--Twa Taffel Berg--Vast Plains--Dutch Farm-house--Stormberg--Intense Cold on the Mountains--Burghersdorp--Camp by Night--First Sight of the Orange River--English Mail--Fishing in the Caledon River--Herds of Wild Game--Wildebeest Hunt--Immense Frogs--Return of a missing Officer--Dung Beetles--Platberg--Barolong Chiefs--Interview with Moshesh--Ride through Basuto Villages--Jerboas--Arrival of part of fine of Cattle--Basutos--Action at Berea--Moshesh's Letter to the Governor--Distribution of captured Cattle--Return of the Force 280