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of the scientific world, and Dr. Smith brought down 

 other two specimens with the late expedition. 



On the bank of the river 1 observed the perfect 

 skeleton of an elephant. Near to it 'Lingap sud- 

 denly stopped, and pointing with his assagai to a 

 bush a few yards off, whispered " Tao" and I im- 

 mediately perceived three lionesses asleep. En- 

 sconcing himself behind his shield, he made signs 

 to me to fire, which I did into the middle of the 

 party, at the same moment springing behind a tree 

 which completely screened me. Thus unceremo- 

 niously awakened, the three ladies broke covert, 

 roaring in concert, and dashed into the thick bushes, 

 while we walked as fast as possible in the opposite 

 direction. In the course of a few minutes we heard 

 several discharges of musketry, and an infuriated 

 rhinoceros, streaming with blood, rushed over the 

 brow of the eminence that we were ascending, and 

 was within pistol shot before we were aware of his 

 approach. No bush presenting itself behind w hich 

 to hide, I threw my cap at him, and 'Lingap stri- 

 king his shield and shouting with stentorian lungs, 

 the enraged beast turned otF. I saluted him from 

 both barrels, and he was immediately afterwards 

 overturned by a running fire from the Hottentots, 

 every one of whom 1 now saw had left the waggons 

 at the mercy of the oxen, conduct for which we re- 

 primanded them severely, threatening to withhold 

 further supplies of ammunition. 



Three hours' travelling between two ranges of the 

 Cashan mountains, brought us to the Ooli river, a 



