paator, axwl some ladies. We were then ' marched up to ai big store, where we un- ( •addled «nd put-all -the gear under cover. , The horses were then put into a kraal, j which is a sort of -enclosure, this particular i one being partly dug out of tho side of '• tf*o hill, from which the rebels threw stones j at night that frightened our horses terribly. , Dr. Darter insisted on- providing beds for • nil the officers, whilst the men were « bivouacked in a tug store. There were a < few loyalists, but the majority received ua in sullen silence. The men were bent on ( making the best-<of things, and l*t«r on in. the evening I heard the sound of bagpipes, which I traced to a email public-house, and '■ found Piper Henderson marching up and ( down the room, blowing for ail he was ' worth, whilst an appreciative audience , squatted round the edges of the limited , apace. ' ON THE WAY TO CARNARVON. j Next morning Lieutenant Crawshaw and j Bergeant Street were despatched at daylight to Carnarvon, a drive of seventy miles, where they had to arrange for forage and , Camping grounds. They were provided ( •with a Cape cart and two horses, aud ex- i pected to reach their destination by mid- ' night if they got tlirough the district safely. } The test of us saddled up, and followed at j 9 a.m., a few half-castes cheering us, and , the rest of the population carefully ignor- 1 ing the troops. A mile out, a bugler's ; horse gave way, and hail to be sent back, • whilet the bugler was brought on by wag gon. Our transport consists of thiee wag- ( gous, each drawn by fourteen mules. One ( team is a very handsome lot, but the other ] animals are a little larger than a St. Ber- i tvard dog. and the sight of a huge canvas ' waggon drawn by seven brace of diminutive. black things was too much for the hories, j who were frightened terribly. The roads ] ore very sandy, with patches of bare rock, j The country is dreadful, and' forsaken look- 1 ing, and the inhabitants don't seem to wash. 