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at Isandlwana will be ever remembered by Englisli- 

 men, was another. 



Sir Frederick (then Lieutenant) Carrington carried 

 the horn for three seasons with the greatest success, 

 and the" Cape Hounds never flourished so well as 

 under his management. In 1878 came the begin- 

 ning of a series of South African wars, in which Sir 

 Frederick became busily engaged. The Kaffir war, 

 the Zulu war, the Sekukuni campaign, and the 

 Basuto war all followed in rapid succession. The 

 fox-hunter became prominently engaged in native 

 warfare, with ever-increasing credit to himself, and 

 fox-hunting and foxhounds were perforce abandoned 

 for sterner matters. 



Since Sir Frederick Carrington's time, fox-hunting 

 at the Cape has much fallen off. The Cape flats 

 are becoming occupied by German immigrants, the 

 jackals are disappearing, and for some time the 

 hounds were given up entirely. I believe an effort 

 has been recently made to revive them, with what 

 success it is at present too early to say. In 1885 

 Major Carrington commanded a body of horse in 

 Sir Charles Warren's successful expedition to 

 Bechuanaland. Upon the settlement of that country 

 he was nominated Colonel of the Bechuanaland 

 Border Police, the new force raised to keep order in 

 the Crown Colony of British Bechuanaland and the 

 Protectorate beyond. In 1887 Col. Carrington 



