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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 sai'ed 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 oif at full speed. The 

 velocity of their motion, while flying from the object of their 

 alarm, 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 

 air to the height of ten or twelve feet, as if they were 

 leaping over a high hedge ; at the same time the long hair 

 on their rump divides or sheds over their haunches, and dis- 

 plays a surface of snowy whiteness. 



" The second day after our arrival, I walked out early in 

 the morning, and sauntered for some time about the downs 

 with one of my fellow-sportsmen, in search of game. At 

 length we came suddenly upon a herd of Springbocks, and 



