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QUAGGA. 



flat, denuded of trees broken occasionally by low ridges, 

 but still remarkable for its scorched and sterile uniformity. 

 After travelling twenty miles across this " region of empti- 

 ness, howling and drear," we reached Loharon, at which there 

 was a prospect of obtaining water, but unfortunately the only 

 tank in the country was exhausted. The small supply that 

 we had brought in the wagons was barely drinkable in the 

 coffee ; but our sufferings were nothing compared with those 

 of the unhappy oxen, which although tried to death with the 

 sultry march, ran frantically in quest of some pool where 

 they might slake their thirst making the air resound with 

 their mournful lowings. During the night, the hyenas, at- 

 tracted by the smell of our mutton, actually devoured a 

 spring-buck within the limits of our camp. 



" As we advanced, the game became hourly more abundant, 

 although still exceedingly wild. Groups of liartebeests, 



