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CHAPTER IX 



PLOVERS AND THEIR PECULIARITIES 



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Eyes and no eyes — Plover habits — The Lapwing — Hated 

 by Covenanters — The Spur- winged Plovers — Annoy- 

 ing ways — The Kiewitje and its habits — Grey Plover 

 —The Killdeer— Dotterel— Ringed Plover— The 

 Locust-bird — Wonderful methods of destroying locusts 

 — Sea-cow bird — British Plovers known in South 

 Africa — The Rain -bird — Other South African Plovers 

 — The Wattled, Caspian, Heywood's, and Kitlitz's 

 Plovers — Moquin's Oyster-catcher — Probability of 

 discovery of new species 99 



CHAPTER X 



FOX-HUNTING IN BECHUANALAND 



South African Jackals — True Foxes — The silver-backed 

 Jackal — Motluse Jackal — Small Buck — The veldt as 

 a hunting-ground — South African Horses — Vryburg 

 — The Fox-hounds — My first meet — The find — A run 

 with Duyker — Fast gallop with Jackal — Steinbok 

 hunting — A good run — Sir Frederick Carrington — 

 His record in South Africa — Hunting at the Cape — 

 The Bechuanaland Hounds — Remarkable sport ... 110 



CHAPTER XI 



GIRAFFES, AND HOW TO CAPTURE THEM 



Present dearth of Giraffes — Arrival of a South African 

 specimen — Early appearance of Giraffes in history — 

 Zoological Society's first specimens — Giraffe of 

 Thothmes III — Paces of Giraffe — Present habitat — 

 Fossil remains — Characteristics of the animal — 

 Marrow-bones — Dentition — Eyesight — Powers of 

 speed — Names and derivations — New form of Giraffe 

 from Somaliland — Curious coloration — Growing 

 scarcity in North Africa — Best country for capture 

 — Cost of procuring specimens — Sketch of expedition 127 



