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oi them* who had his head sticking out ot' the 

 carriage, exchiimed ''Law, look there," and 

 called for the driver to stop the carriage. 1 

 thought he saw a buffalo or something of the 

 kind, and beg-^n to look around for it, but 

 failing to see any, I looked at him to see which 

 way he was looking, and saw that he was 

 almost going into hysterics over a large spec- 

 imen of terrapin. They all clambered out and 

 took a good look at it, turned it over with 

 their guns and shoved it about with their boots 

 until they were satisfied, then they drank 

 another bottle of beer, lYiade a bet as to who 

 could hit it in the air, and when it was finally 

 broken they got into the carriage and we 

 again drove on. 



We had gone perhaps a mile when four 

 antelopes came dashing past us at full speed. 

 All five ' f them jumped out with their guns 

 and began firing at them as fast as they could. 

 They were about the most excited set ot 

 men I ever saw. They fired about fifty shots 

 and the poor antelopes ran for dear life, badly 



scared but not seriously injured, and I sup- 

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