283 
was indeed felt in a sensible degree by ourselves while we 
remained on the spot; our only supply being derived from 
the half-drained bottom of a stagnant pool, the muddy, whey- 
. coloured contents of which were polluted by the hourly resort 
of all the wild animals that pastured around it. To purify it 
from its clayey mixture, we had recourse to the blood of our 
game, a few drops of which served to precipitate the earthy 
matter; but nothing could qualify the saline impregnation 
it had received from the dung and the urine of those animals, 
which rendered it a most nauseous and unpalatable beverage. 
Such as it was, the extreme heat of the weather, and the 
exercise incident to our amusement, obliged us to swallow 
it in quantities that would, under ordinary circumstances, 
have saved us the expense of an apothecary; but necessity 
reconciles the human stomach to a great number of its 
antipathies. - 
“ The Springbocks (Antilope Euchore) are sometimes seen 
assembled in herds of ten thousand and upward. They have 
Videttes or scouts constantly posted to warn the herd of 
approaching danger. From the moment the hunter comes - 
in view, the sentinel keeps his eyes steadily fixed on him, 
Watching all his motions; and on his advancing within a 
certain distance gives the signal of danger by a loud whistle, 
on hearing which, the whole herd sets off at full speed. The 
Velocity of their motion, while flying from the object of their 
is agreeably diversified, if not increased, by that 
peculiarity of gait from which they derive their name. 
While Passing over the smoothest ground, and where no 
obstacle whatever occurs, individuals among them are seen, 
apparently from playfulness or caprice, springing up in the 
ar to the height of ten or twelve feet, asdf they were 
leaping over a high hedge; at the same tme the long hair 
on their rump divides or sheds over their haunches, and dis- 
Plays a surface of snowy whiteness. : amr 
* "The second day after our arrival, I walked out early in 
Se morning, and sauntered for some time about - eet 
with one of my fellow-sportsmen, in sear ch of qe der 
length we came suddenly upon a herd of Springbocks, 
