-^ By thd Stream 



in the sonicvvhat more oijen grass velt, and, owing to 

 its brown colouring, is more easily seen than some of 

 the other small antelopes. 



As the sun sinks further and further in the west the 

 neighbourhood is more and niore enli\'ened by the arrivals 

 from the animal world. My above-mentioned friends, the 

 wise storks, have, in company with vultures of various 



\ULTURES 



sorts, alighted on the branches of high trees close at 

 hand. Here and there also an ecgle puts in an appear- 

 ance. Long chains of guinea-fowd run into the under- 

 wood ; in the glow of the evening sun the wonderfully 

 coloured "rollers" tly busily here and there. They have 

 to complete their hunt f)r insects before night sets in. 

 The clear song of the little w-ood francolins {Fraiu-o- 

 /lints graiili) makes itselt heard, with now and again 



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