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We moved up somewhat nearer to the footpath and spent the night at the foot of precipitous mountains in a beautiful kloof.

We off-saddled, and soon the mantle of night hid not only the grand views of mountain and kloof, but also the sad spectacle of panic and confusion.

What beautiful views of kloof, valley, and mountain presented themselves everywhere!

The troops lying in garrison there immediately retreated to Lelyhoek, a beautifully cultivated rocky kloof near to the town.

It flew just too high, fortunately, over the heads of the throng of burghers, and burst in the kloof behind them.