CHAPTER IX.

Night Attack on Camp--Disposition of Troops on Frontier--Ride into Beaufort--Ambuscade--Post Retief--Movements of General Somerset--Sunday--Life at the Post--Visit to Dutch Laagers--Patrols--Skirmish with Kaffirs under Macomo--Ruined Settler--Deserted Farms--Dutch Hospitality--Vintage--Kaffir Night Signals--Cobra Capello--Riding on the Veldt 173