THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



had received several quills in that most sensitive part 

 of a black man's person his shins. The combat was 

 in full force when I put in my appearance, and it may 

 be said with confidence that the bitch so far was 

 having a good time, as luck had favoured her in giving 

 her the only grip that she could have obtained without 

 being fearfully punished ; and well Donna knew this, 

 for it was not her first encounter, by long odds, with 

 such a living chevaux de /rise. Hitherto the Zulu had 

 only endeavoured to separate the pugilists ; now, as 

 the game we had been in search of was scared, the 

 flesh-pots returned to his memory, possibly accom- 

 panied by feelings of vindictiveness against the animal 

 which had turned his legs into pincushions, and he 

 with promptness brought his well-tried and constant 

 companion, his knobkerrie, into play, an adroit 

 blow or two from which soon decided the struggle. 

 Although I had wanted a pauw, I had obtained a very 

 good substitute for it. In my attendant's opinion I 

 have little doubt but that he considered that I had 

 received half-a-crown in change for a florin, for the 

 porcupine is esteemed by the natives, and justly so, 

 the most succulent food that the Veldt provides. 



