Our boy Prince understanding what they said, gave us great advantage over them. About 3 o'clock that day we got our horses over the reedy swamp, for which I was very glad. We then got on to a little plain, about two miles long and about a mile across, which is almost surrounded with hills, or I should say large blocks of stone. When near the north east end of this plain we saw a lot of natives making for a gorge that we have to go through, and the rascals knew there was no other outlot, so 1 camped for tho night on the open plain, and as soon as we did they came towards us and wanted us to fight. We again let fly, and we saw no more of them that night. Oa the following morning they came again and wanted to fight, but took good card to keep at a i • spectablo distance. We Btarted for the gorge, following a sort of valley about 200 yards across. On Bearing the gorge, £ told Levi, who was ahead wi^h me k to get his Snider ready. I did the same myself. The passage through the gorge is ■ only wide enough to admit one horse at a time. Levi, myself, and a Chinaman (the cook) got through, when we heard George Bead yelling at the top of his voice. I turned and tried to get back, but found it impossible to get through the horses which were coming towards me. While I was try ing to get throut;h the gorge, a shower of spears was sent at Mr Levi and the cook. Levi let fly at the most prominent man, and he dropped his spear, and I suppose ran away, for I saw no more of him. When the rest of the party came through, we found that a mob of niggers had sent a shower of spears at them, but fortunately none of us got a scratch. I was in hopes they would follow us out into the foreßt country, but they thought discretion the' better part of valour, and they very wisely retired to the river with not more in number than they started with, and we saw no more of them. 