224 LODGES IN THE WILDERNESS 



Walfish Bay. These Richtersveld bucks, — so 

 the Capitalist informed me, do not trek. They 

 must belong to a distinct sub-species, — the 

 range of which is restricted to the Coast 

 Desert. 



As we wandered on towards Arris, the fog- 

 curtain kept ascending and again settling 

 down. But it did not lift to any great extent; 

 one could never see farther than from three to 

 four hundred yards ahead. I shot three more 

 bucks; all were of the same type. One young 

 animal, with horns not more than a hands- 

 breadth lon£, which I shot bv mistake when 

 the fog was more than usually thick, was larger 

 than the ordinary buck of the inland desert. 

 I presented one of the four bucks to the 

 Capitalist; he hid it among some bushes, in- 

 tending to pick it up as he returned from Arris 

 with the pony. The other three carcases we 

 took on with us. I meant to cut one up and 

 divide it among the guides. It would not have 

 done to have left the carcase to be dismem- 

 bered on the return journey; these people were 

 so jealous of each other that a fight would 

 surely have resulted. 



We reached Arris late in the afternoon. I 

 learnt that some people had been there with 

 ghoonyas, but Fauna so terrified them with a 



