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benighted race, that " maketh the rain to fall and 

 the grass to grow, that seeth the evil and the good, 

 and in whose hands are the issues of life and death." 

 They have no idea of a Creator, so far as we could 

 learn, or knowledge of a future state ; nor could we 

 ascertain that by the term "king," they ever referred 

 to any being beyond the despot who, presides over 

 their mortal destinies. 



On reaching the foot of the mountains, we found 

 a portion of the skull of the elephant's calf that our 

 colossal savage friend had destroyed the day before. 

 It was all that the hysenas had left of the little that 

 he had considered too hard for his own digestion. 

 The tracks of the drove had gone eastward over 

 country where we had already hunted, and as it 

 waxed late, we made the best of our way to the 

 camp. I shot two quaggas for our savage allies, 

 who returned during the night laden with flesh, and 

 bringing with them a wild hog* that they had 

 buried in the morning in a porcupine's earth, to 

 which it had been driven by their dogs. 



The grass on the opposite side of the mountains 

 having been burnt, we resolved, by the advice of the 

 natives, to skirt them on the south side for a day or 

 two. As soon as it was light, I set out with Moha- 

 nycom, and killed a spotted hyaena f that had been 

 attracted with many others by the smell of the pork 

 to our camp. I was glad to have my revenge, for 

 the vagabonds had annoyed our cattle all nightlong, 

 moaning funereally in concert with the dismal 



* Sus Larva fas. f Hycena Crocuta. 



