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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 87of the Cape. Accordingly, on the 4th the 18.39.head-quarters, grenadiers, No. 2, and lightinfantry companies embarked for the Cape ofGood Hope, leaving three companies behindunder the command of Captain Blackwell. Thetransport with the head-quarters on boardanchored inAlgoa Bay on the 28th of June, butthe men were unable to land, on account of thesurf, until the 3rd of July, when they encampednear Port Elizabeth. The head-quarters marchedto the Zwaitkops Eiver the next day,and encamped,arriving on JulyNothing8th at Grahamstown.of note occurred in connection with theregiment for the first two years of its stay atthe Cape. It was regularly employed in detachmentsin the performance of duty at the variousoutposts on the Fish River, Blinkwater, DoubleDrift, Fort Peddie, and other places, thedetachmentsbeing relieved at regular intervals.