able and varied flight of these insects as this I now beheld.
We
had been four hours coming a distance of as many miles in a straight
line. We started on our return a little before one o'clock, and reached
home, utterly exhausted, about seven in the evening, having retraced
our steps nearly the whole way. Unfortunately, on arriving at the
coffee plantations, instead of finding our horses waiting for us, as
they should have been according to arrangement, they were nowhere to be
seen. We were therefore obliged to climb up to the Glenrock Bungalow,
and then ride home on borrowed steeds.
And
what, it may be asked, was the practical result of this expedition ? We
had seen indications of reefs, but had not been able to make any
careful explorations. Spots had been noted for further examination; but
it was clear that anything like a systematic prospecting of all this
portion of the estate would be well nigh impossible, until a path has
been cut down to the bottom of the valley, so that our engineers can
ride back again after their work. This will be done so soon as coolies
can be spared from other and more important operations. Already we hear
of one promising reef having been traced, about a quarter of a mile
down the stream, within the forest I have described; and upon this,
prospecting operations have been commenced. Doubtless others yet remain
hidden in the thick
