250 SOUTH AFRICA. 



pounded him into pulp. During this horrible 

 process the survivor had "treed" close by, and 

 when the wounded beast had again lain down, 

 decamped from his perch and made hasty tracks 

 for the camp, leaving the dead to be buried by the 

 vultures and other carnivora. 



Subsequently we heard that the bony remains 

 of this buffalo and his victim had been found, 

 and so ended the tragedy. 



In the days I have alluded to, troops of buffaloes 

 of from fifty to two hundred or so were common 

 enough, but the numbers met with on this trip far 

 exceeded anything of the kind within any of my 

 experiences in the hunting fields, and, moreover, 

 several more or less numerous troops of giraffe 

 were dotted over the parklike country, not to 

 mention abundance of minor game, such as brindled 

 gnus, hartebeest, sassabi, a few ostriches, and a 

 lot of the pallah antelope, multiplied the attractions 

 of the show. 



As usual in " fly " districts, lions did not turn up, 

 and only a few stale spoors of them were seen. 

 This may be accounted for, probably, by the fact 

 that lions spend their nights in hunting and gorging 

 and their days in slumber, the enjoyment of which 



