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ing off our horses we each secured one, and the 

 astonishinc;^ noise they made so scared our horses 

 that they at once galloped off. Quickly handing 

 my capture to Walford I set off in pursuit of our 

 mounts, but I did not come up with them till they 

 had reached the camp. On my immediate return 

 to Walford I found him nearly exhausted, struggling 

 manfully with the two little pigs. On getting back 

 to camp it was almost dark and, in trying to put 

 our captives under an inverted box, one escaped. 

 The other, however, became a most interesting 

 pet, and eventually was deposited in the London 

 Zoolos^ical Gardens. About eicjhteen months after 

 he had become an inmate of the Zoo I went to 

 the gardens, and getting leave from the keeper 

 entered his den, and found he recognised me 

 at once, rubbing himself against my legs and 

 squealing with pleasure. 



At one of the camps, Fort Gaberones, where I 

 was for some time, we had a pet ostrich, a hen 

 bird. To anyone who paid attention to her and 

 gave her food she became most attached. She 

 was a regular camp scavenger. Bits of hide or 

 leather to her were dainty morsels. It was my 

 intention to send her to England, but when the 

 mating season began she disappeared and never 

 returned. In all the camps there was always a 

 collection of pets, the diuker gazelle being the 



