In This Case, Diaway, Finding Me Attached To Him, Commenced To Lash Out His Newly Shod Heels At Me, Bounding Away At The Same Time Into A Dense Thicket Of Scrub Close By. Mr. Tietkens And The Others Seeing The Accident Came Running Up Behind, As Diaway And I Were Departing.

Fortunately I was not dragged far, but was literally kicked free from and by, the frightened and uncontrolled animal.

The continual kickings I received - some on my legs and body, but mostly upon that portion of the frame which it is considered equally indecorous to present either to a friend or an enemy - at length bent one or two of the nail-heads which held me, and, tearing the upper leather off my boot, which fortunately was old, ripped it off, leaving me at length free. As I lay on my excoriated back, I saw Diaway depart without me into the scrub, with feelings of the most profound delight, although my transports were considerably lessened by the agonising sensations I experienced. Mr. Tietkens helped me to hobble over to the camp in a most disorganised state, though thanking Providence for so fortunate an escape. Had Diaway but entered the scrub not two yards from where I was released, I could not have existed more than a minute. The following day Mr. Tietkens was getting everything ready to go with me to the south-west ridges, though I had great doubts of my ability to ride, when we became aware of the presence of a whole host of natives immediately below the camp. All the morning the little dog had been strangely perturbed, and we knew by the natives' fires that they were in our immediate neighbourhood.

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