222 THRILLING ADVENTURES. 



WILD DOG. 



upon a prolongation of the frontal bone, instead of above 

 the eyes as in most other antelopes. 



" Rations of flour were here first served out to the followers, 

 in the measure of three-quarters of a pound of meal to each 

 man, and were continued daily during the rest of the journey. 

 In the morning four savages volunteered to show us a rhino- 

 ceros. We accompanied them amongst ruined stone kraals 

 of great extent, situated to the left of the road, and so over- 

 grown with thorn-bushes, that we were not unfrequently 

 obliged to exchange an erect for a stooping posture, and at 

 times, even to travel on our hands and knees. We found 

 nothing, however, but a pack of wild dogs that had just hunted 

 down a hartebeest. Like the wild dogs of India, these ani- 

 mals take the field in organized packs, and by their perseve- 

 rance seldom fail to weary out the swiftest antelope. Of a 

 slender form, the general colour is an ochreous yellow, brin- 

 dled and blotched with dingy black. The ears are large and 

 semi-circular ; the muzzle and face black, and the tail bushy 

 like that of a fox. 



" During the day we passed another extensive stone town, 

 which once contained its "busy thousands," but now presents 

 a heap of ruins. The walls extend more than a mile on each 



