eleven o’clock
And now a new difficulty arose . The animal that would not eat was clearly too weak to pull , so the harness had to be altered , and the three sound animals arranged unicorn fashion , while the sick one was fastened to the rear of the cart . Then they started again . By eleven o'clock they reached an hotel , or wayside house , known as Ferguson 's , situate about twenty miles from Pretoria . It was empty , except for a couple of cats and a stray dog . The inhabitants had evidently fled from the Boers . Here John stabled and fed his horses , giving them all that remained of the forage ; and then , once more , inspanned for the last stage .