 His cart is passed by a galloping Cape Buffalo with a Boer duck lashed to its back, screaming for help.Scrooge rescues the duck and befriends him, not knowing that the duck was sent into the veld by diamond miners he was trying to steal from.Scrooge happily accepts his new "friend"'s offer to keep watch when they camp for the night, but when he wakes up, his wagon, horse and gear have all been stolen, and he has been left alone surrounded by wild animals.