-* The J.oncly W'oiulcr-workl of the Nyi'ka 



our eyes, that the most lively iniciginatiori can form no 

 idea of all this profusion. On such days, I have often 

 wished that one could have a gigantic photograjdiic 

 apparatus, an instrument that would be capable of making 

 a record ot all I saw. But on such days, also, I have 

 more than once made a mental apology to explorers 

 whose lives have lon<4 closed in death. When, for instance, 



REMAINS OF RHIXOCEROSES KILLED BV THE BOERS OX THE SHORE OF OXE OF 

 THE MERKER LAKES. 



in former years I had looked over the sketches of the 

 late Cornwallis Harris, sketches showing the lite of the 

 South African fauna as he saw it about the year 1S37, 

 I more than once had my doubts about the correctness 

 of his representations of it. As -the result of what I 

 myself have seen, I have quite given up such doubts. 

 The original sketches left to us by Cornwallis Harris 



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