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deed a hard task to force her to loose her hold. Such 

 escapades of course made her headstrong, but it was 

 surprising how soon a little severity brought her to 

 a proper sense of the manner in which a respectable, 

 matronly, well-bred pointer ought to conduct herself 

 when taken alone into the field. Thus Donna got 

 a talking to and a little corporeal punishment for 

 rushing in after the guinea fowls, and after the punish- 

 ment was over affairs settled down harmoniously into 

 the groove of working order. 



Turning my steps again towards the flats, I espied a 

 large extent of ground which had once been cultivated. 

 Knowing such land ever to be the favourite haunt of 

 the pauw (Otis kori of Chapman), I carefully scanned 

 it over with the hope of obtaining one, for it is a 

 prize equally acceptable on the score of its beauty 

 of plumage and richness of flavour when properly 

 cooked. 



The average weight is about 30 lb., although 

 some have been shot that turned the scale at 70 lb., 

 but these very large birds are scarce, as I have 

 come across only one of such a size in my numerous 

 and protracted wanderings in this country. 



This rencontre was on the banks of the Limpopo, 



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