On January 2d, as already stated, W. E. Oates reached Pietermaritzburg, where he found the heat very intense. Three weeks later he sailed from Durban, accompanied by Mr. Gilchrist, and landed in England early in the following March. [Illustration: SOUTH AFRICAN WART HOG.--_Phacochærus æthiopicus._] CHAPTER III. Frank Oates proceeds to the King’s Town--Crosses the Ramaqueban--Dutch hunters on the Impakwe--The Inkwesi; picturesque scenery--John Lee’s farm--Manyami’s kraal--The Shashani--Fine country--Kumala River. Returning now to follow Frank Oates’s journey to the King’s Town, Gubuleweyo, we find the greater portion of his route described at some length in his Journal. Leaving the Tati, as has been mentioned, on the 31st of August, and advancing slowly, he crossed the Ramaqueban, Impakwe, and Inkwesi Rivers, and reached John Lee’s farm on September 6th. This John Lee is a noted Dutchman, who farms a large tract of country under the king. From here proceeding after a night’s rest on his journey, he was detained four days at Manyami’s kraal, a few miles further on, till leave had been obtained for him from the king to complete the distance, Gubuleweyo being reached by the middle of September. The Journal of this period is as follows:-- [Illustration: Map of M^R. F. OATES’S ROUTE from TATI to the UMGWANYA RIVER Drawn from his own observations London: C. Kegan Paul & Co.] “_August 31st._--... Left Tati in the evening. About midnight, whilst trekking, Hendrik calls me, saying that the bullocks which are being driven can’t be got on, but keep going into the bush. ‘Donker’ and ‘Wildeman,’ too (the little red wild ox), are getting tired. This is miserable work, and I wish I had brought more bullocks from Mungwato, as I could so well have done, and a far lighter waggon. It is a mild, pleasant, breezy night, and as we outspan, and ‘Rail’ and ‘Rock’ come up in their couples, I am reminded of our first trekking on the high veldt, when we were together in force, starting with a good equipment and high hopes. This is an open space where we outspan, with long grass.