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of Alpine climbing klipspringer shooting ought to 

 be a very attractive sport, notwithstanding the 

 absence of snow generally, and the almost certain 

 prevalence of fine open weather, in which it is rather 

 pleasurable to sleep " al fresco " if necessary. 



In the rough mountain ravines leopards are now 

 and again to be shot, especially where the large 

 ursine baboons are numerous. Only two days 

 previous to penning this a fine one was killed on 

 a mountain close to the village I dwell in, which, 

 as the crow flies, is about ninety miles from Cape 

 Town. In the George district, and in the jungly 

 country near the coast of the East Province, bush- 

 bucks abound, but, unless " driven," are difficult 

 to find or get a shot at 



In any marshy locality, where the water is fresh, 

 good bags of snipe of three varieties may be made. 

 Of these the common European sort is the most 

 plentiful, but at certain seasons a good many couple 

 of the " great snipe " are to be had, and in low 

 warm marshes the painted snipe is common 

 enough. 



Hares are plentiful in places, and of the two 

 varieties, the largest, which often weighs nine 

 or ten pounds, is seldom found far from a good 



