It was for the reason that he hoped to bring back a number of prisoners that he engaged a rather large party of attendants.
Two of these were white men whom he had picked out as fellows likely to be daring and faithful and the others were half-civilized natives who had made many similar journeys as the carriers and servants of ordinary travelers.
The party started early in the morning. The single railway that runs through Kimberley was of no use to them, as its general direction is north and south.
For a long distance they were to proceed almost due west, and therefore from the very start they traveled upon donkeys.
Little needs be said of the first three days of their march. During that time they traveled upon a well-beaten road and passed several settlements of white men.
As long as they were in the boundaries of Cape Colony there was no probability that they would be interfered with by natives, or that they would meet with other than ordinary adventures.
This proved to be the case and it was not until they were well over the borders of Bechuanaland that their journey became especially interesting.
It was all interesting to Trim, however, because he was seeing a new part of the world and getting acquainted with methods of life that were unfamiliar to him.
At the end of the third day they camped near a small stream.