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these great enclosures, sometimes as much as 50,000 

 acres in extent, good shooting is to be obtained. In 

 the Orange River Colony, and on the Transvaal high 

 veldt, springbuck are still present in some plenty. 

 To the west of British Bechuanaland, in parts of the 

 lower Kalahari, and in Great Namaqualand, they still 

 range in fair numbers. In Khama's country and 

 Ngamiland, along the Botletli river, nearly as far as 

 the lake, they are also abundant. In this region, 

 especially about the neighbourhood of the great salt- 

 pans, I have had first-rate shooting with these ante- 

 lopes, and while crossing the plains the springbuck 

 were usually to be seen grazing within a few hundred 

 yards of our waggons. North of the Mababi river 

 their range is checked, but to the westward, beyond 

 Lake Ngami, they are found in Damaraland, Ovam- 

 poland, and in Portuguese West Africa, as far north 

 as Benguela. Next to Bushmanland, in Cape Colony, 

 probably the best wild springbuck shooting to be 

 obtained at the present day is on the maritime plains 

 from the Cunene river to Benguela. Here great 

 troops of these graceful antelopes still abound. 

 Behind Mossamedes their range inland is more ex- 

 tended. It is a curious circumstance that in this 

 country springbucks are often found ranging freely 

 over the mountains. In South Africa one never 

 meets with them away from the flat plains, or open, 

 rolling grass veldt. In Benguela and Mossamedes, 

 during the season of the rains, they pasture close to 

 the sea. 



Springbuck shooting is most excellent sport, but 



