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breeding and educational acquirements, the more 

 certain he is to be an adept at wandering when 

 left to his own resources. The lowest organisations 

 to be found in the human family, such as the 

 Digger Indian and the Bushman, never get lost ; 

 however similar the landscape they traverse may be, 

 they will retrace their steps to their starting-place 

 without hesitation or doubt. 



For the better cleanliness of the camp, I had 

 insisted upon all the offal and debris being transported 

 to a hollow, about a hundred and fifty yards from 

 the wagons. This refuse had not only attracted my 

 own dogs, but a number of jackals, and between them 

 they made such an incessant row that I ordered my 

 canines to be tied up. This being accomplished, I 

 proceeded to the scene of the late disturbance with 

 four traps, hoping by this means to secure a few 

 skins, as those of the jackal make the best karosses. 

 In this work my Zulu boy accompanied me, and we 

 had just finished placing the gins in such positions 

 as appeared most probable to bring success, when 

 the sharp " patter patter " of a horse's feet was heard 

 approaching. A few seconds sufficed to take me 

 into the camp, and in a moment or two afterwards 



