CHAPTER II. 



EN ROUTE. 



Guinea Fowls Successful Shots. 



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expected 



alarm the neighbourhood, I on this occasion allowed 

 the sand grouse to go on their way without moles- 

 tation ; the result was, as is usually the case where 

 forbearance is practised, I soon had my reward, for, 

 at the entrance to a ravine sparsely covered with 

 brush, and here and there producing a stunted mimosa 

 tree, I heard the well-known metallic sound produced 

 by guinea fowl even the Bechuanas have observed 

 the peculiarity of this note, and in consequence, 

 frequently call the bird " chinky-chinky." 



Of all the game birds of South Africa, this is, 

 probably, the most numerous, and I have frequently 

 seen it in droves, not of hundreds, but of thousands. 

 In truth, I do not think I exaggerate when I say 

 that near Secheli's, on an extensive clear space of 



