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CHAPTEK XXX. 



DISCOVERY OF A NEW ANTELOPE, AND FINAL 



DEPARTURE FROM THE CASHAN MOUNTAINS, 



TOWARDS THE RIVER VAAL. 



The list of large animals killed during' the cam- 

 paign, now exceeded four hundred head of various 

 sorts and sizes. Of these the minimum height at the 

 shoulder had been three feet, and not a few had 

 measured ten and twelve. Within the last few 

 days, I had obtained several superb specimens, 

 especially of the koodoo and bastard gemsbok ; 

 and excepting some of the smaller antelopes, which 

 only occur in parts of the country that we were 

 subsequently to visit, my collection of horns and 

 exuvice had by this time extended itself to every 

 known species of game quadruped in Southern 

 Africa. But a still prouder Irophy than all was 

 yet in abeyance, and before leaving this hunters' 

 Elysium, my researches were to be crowned by a 

 truly splendid addition to the catalogue of Mam- 

 malia. 



My double-barrelled rifle having again suffered 

 in a fall with my horse, I took the field on the 13th 

 December with a heavy weapon constructed upon 

 the primitive principle of flint and steel, which, as 

 a pis-aller, I had obtained from Mr. Moffat. Our 



