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way, but each time without success ; perhaps 

 the condensed milk may have had something to 

 do with my failures. 



I believe two or three species of buck are to 

 be found in this immediate neighbourhood, but 

 I have only seen a small reddish-brown variety. 

 I often startle them in my walks, and have the 

 greatest difficulty in preventing my attendant 

 Kafir going in wild pursuit. 



Sometimes a poor thing ventures too near a 

 kraal, no doubt attracted by the fresh green 

 mealie leaves ; and if he is seen, woe betide him ! 

 The whole place is immediately in an uproar. 

 Such a chance of good fresh meat is not to be 

 despised, and all the men and boys give chase, 

 armed with sticks and assegais the dogs, equally 

 excited, mingling their barking with the hooting 

 and yelling of the men. More than once a poor 

 goaded beast, panting and terrified, has passed 

 my door thus pursued, and one can only hope 

 that its agony will not be very prolonged. 



Moles, to judge from their tracks, must be 

 very numerous. They are a very pretty spe- 



