A KOODOO. 



ABOUT three o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th, says Mr. 

 Gumming, I rode north-east, to look out for roan antelopes, 

 which, next to the eland, are the largest in the world ; and 

 heing incapable of great speed, may at times be ridden into 

 with a good horse. I was accompanied by Cobus and Jacob. We 

 found the country covered with bushes, of which the majority 

 were of a most impracticable description, reminding me of a 

 kill-devil, an implement used in angling, they being covered 

 with thorns on the fish-hook principle. This variety of mi- 

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