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chase to the elands. I bagged the two best in the troop, 

 a bull and cow, the latter about the fattest I have ever 

 seen. I brought the bull withm one hundred yards of 

 the chukuroo. 



At dawn next day I shot, from the spot I had slept 

 on, a springbok, running, through the heart, at one 

 hundred yards. After cutting off the horns of the black 

 rhinoceros, I held on for Letlocbee, and slept at Lebo- 

 tane, a very strong and perpetual fountain. 



On the 19th, at sunrise, I pursued my march to the 

 famous fountain of Letlocbee, to which I removed my 

 camp. On the 24th I left Letlocbee, and marched upon 

 Lotlokanc. 



In the forenoon of the next day I rode out to look for 

 koodoos without success. While riding through the 

 forest I came upon the bloody spoor of an elephant ; he 

 had been evidently hunted by natives. The elephant 

 was not far away, for, following the spoor a few hund- 

 red yards, I came upon about sixty natives, who were 

 hanging the flesh in garlands upon the thorny trees all 

 around. This was an old bull elephant, and was quite 

 lame, when the Bechuanas found him, from a ball- 

 wound in the shoulder. On returning to camp, one of 

 my Hottentots, who had been after some strayed oxen, 

 stated that he had come upon a buffalo newly killed b) 

 a lion, and that the lion was lying in the bushes close 

 by, watching his prey. Having taken some coffee, I 

 saddled up three horses and rode for the lion, with Booi 

 and Kleinboy carrying my Moore and Westley Rich- 

 ards, and accompanied by all my dogs. As we ap- 

 proached the carcass of the buffalo, which lay in a wait- 

 a-bit thorn cover, the dogs all dashed away to my left, 

 and in an instant they gave tongue, which was imme* 

 diately followed by the deep and continued, growling of 



