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the Colony where slight bush or kopjes (stony bluffs) , 

 sparsely covered with bush, are plentiful. 



The Oribi or Bleekbok (Nanotragus scoparius) 

 was formerly abundant on the grassy plains of the 

 north-east portion of the Colony. It is now 

 comparatively rare, but may yet be found in the 

 divisions of Somerset and Bedford, and one or two 

 other localities on the Eastern frontier. 



The Blaauwbok or Kleenebok (blue buck or 

 little buck) (Cephalopus pygmceus), the tiniest of all 

 antelopes, hardly bigger than a guinea-pig, is found 

 plentifully in the bush-veldt line of the eastern 

 seaboard, in the same localities as the boschbok 

 and grysbok. 



In addition to the game I have above enumerated, 

 the bosch vark (bush pig) or wild boar ; the tiger 

 wolf of the colonists (Hycena crocuta) ; the strand 

 wolf (Hyncza brunnea) ; and the aard (earth) wolf 

 (Proteles cristatus) ; as well as the curious Cape 

 hunting dog, the wilde honde of the Dutch (Lycaon 

 pictus), are still found within the Colony. The 

 hyaenas are, however, happily for the farmers, who 

 exterminate them unmercifully, becoming scarce ; 

 while the wilde honde is now principally found towards 

 the coast line of the Eastern province. Jackals are 

 common everywhere. Here and there on the more 

 remote karroos, the wild ostrich may still be found. 

 With this slight and imperfect sketch of the principal 

 fauna now remaining to the Old Colony, I will 

 conclude this chapter. 



I have been induced to take up this interesting 

 subject, for the reason that it is long since any 

 approach towards settling the present distribution 

 of these animals, under the changed conditions of 



