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126 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1846.cavalry, were outside the fort proper, being surroundedby loopholed walls. The officers' quarterswere also outside, with no protection whatever.Another portion of the regiment was sent toPost Victoria, where a temporary detachmentunder Captain Barney was quartered.The track to Fort Peddie runs through the denseFish River bush vid Trumpeter's Drift, wherethere was a small fortified barrack close to theriver (held by a detachment of the 91st underLieutenant Dickson), ascending from there inan easterly direction through a roughand difficultcountry, until it reaches Fort Peddie, which iscalled after Colonel Peddie of the 72nd Regiment,who built it.A detachment of the regimenthad beenpreviously posted here for some time undercommand of Captain Wright, who had spent hisspare time in exploring the neighbouring country,noting its physical peculiarities, and finding outwhere each path led to. There was little or nogame close to the fort, the Kaffirs havingdestroyed or driven away all large animals,leaving onlyantelope ;a few of the smaller varieties ofblue cranes and vultures being the onlybirds that could be called numerous.