And when his burghers were at that time without food--well, he went and got it for them." (Cheers.) General Beijers (Waterberg) then addressed the delegates, telling them that he would not detain them long.

In Zoutpansberg, he stated, they had still a plentiful supply of food, for they were able to buy from the Kaffirs.

At Waterberg the Kaffirs were neutral, but at Zoutpansberg they were getting out of hand.

Yet, since no co-operation existed amongst them, they were not to be feared, and any uprising could easily be quelled.
Besides this trouble, they had many difficulties to face, which were produced by horse-sickness and fever.
As to the question of grain, there was food enough for the whole of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State.

But now the English were beginning to buy up the maize at L1 a sack.
General Muller (Boksburg) reported that in his division the burghers had never suffered from hunger.