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complete series, representing every species, from the 

 smallest to the largest, that is to be met with north 

 of the Limpopo river up to 12° south latitude. 

 They have all of them been most carefully drawn 

 by Mr. J. Smit, to whom my best thanks are due, 

 from actual specimens now in my possession, which 

 have been mounted by the well-known taxidermist 

 Mr. Rowland Ward of Piccadilly, and are therefore 

 faithful representations as regards markings and 

 length of horn of the animals themselves. 



At the end of the book I have appended some 

 game lists kept during my last two hunting expedi- 

 tions. This has not been done out of any wish to 

 show what a large bag I have made ; but as it has 

 been copied from my game book, kept carefully from 

 day to day, I think it will give any one intending to 

 visit the interior of South Africa a better idea ot the 

 sort of sport and the different species of game he is 

 likely to fall in with at the present day in different 

 parts of the country, than any detailed description. 

 Sometimes it certainly represents all the game I was 

 able to shoot, with an immense amount ot hard 

 work ; at others it does not record one-fourth part 

 of what I mig-ht have killed had 1 wished to make a 

 bag. Some people may consider it a dreadful record 

 of slaughter, but it must be remembered by these, 

 that I was often accompanied by a crowd ot hungry 

 savages, exclusive of the men in my employ, all of 



