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THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



by the assistance of a good shake, and rapidly made 

 for some thick brush that margined the course of 

 the river. Now was my friend's turn : at about a 

 range of 200 yards he was able to draw a bead 

 upon the bustard's shoulder, and promptly put a 

 bullet through it. 



Such an admonition, life itself could not deny, so 

 the bustard turned over and yielded to the inevitable 

 as quietly and rapidly as ever did grouse or partridge. 

 Although this bird was not weighed, I am convinced 

 it would have turned the scale at 70 Ib. 



Unable to say so with certainty, still I believe that 

 there are two distinct species of pauw, these large 

 birds invariably being found, as I have learned from 

 inquiry, upon the bush veldt, while the smaller ones 

 select for their haunts the open Karroo flats and grass 

 lands. It is strange that none of the few accepted 

 naturalists of South Africa have observed or made this 

 distinction ; but the natives, who display wonderful 

 acumen in distinguishing and noting the varied 

 characteristics of all the game to be found in their 

 country, denominate the larger species as GOM pauw,"'" 



* (Query) Any relation to the G.O.M., whom ranting politicians 

 and mouthy demagogues blindly follow ? 



