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cies (Chrysochloms obtusirostris), light yellowish 

 brown with a darker brown back. The Kafirs 

 call them sinantokanana rather a long name 

 for so small a beast. 



Hares are also numerous, and often jump up 

 almost from under my feet ; and during my last 

 visit a sleeping hare was actually trodden upon 

 by my companion, but luckily was more fright- 

 ened than hurt. 



Partridges and quail I am continually starting 

 and nearly treading on, and they rise so suddenly 

 that they often almost brush my face. Large 

 snails, with long pointed shells, are very common, 

 but are not eaten by the natives, as at Sierra 

 Leone, where they are exposed for sale in the 

 market ; and I have found two specimens of an 

 enormous black slug (Vaginula maura, u. sp.), 

 figured and described in a German work. 



Tortoises arc occasionally brought in for sale, 

 aud as they are no trouble to keep, I generally 

 have one tied to a long string near some fresh 

 grass, just for the fun of seeing them eat it first 

 stretching out their long sinewy necks, and then 



