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THE HUNTER* S ARCADIA. 



arrivals, an old acquaintance of mine, had felled the 

 big Zulu with his knobkerrie ; and the whole was 

 done so quickly, and, I may say, expertly, that 

 none knew who had struck the blow until the 

 whole affair was over. This episode I have narrated 

 at length, for it is but a sample of what frequently 

 occurs when your people are ordered to march 

 from a camp where there is an abundant supply of 

 food. 



The moon was up sooner than we expected, 

 so that by half-past nine the cattle were in the 

 yoke ; plenty of grass, plenty of water and rest, 

 had had the desired effect upon them, and had 

 made them look fit to go for a man's life. " In- 

 spanning," that is, putting the cattle in order before 

 placing them in the yoke, is always an interesting 

 as well as a bustling sight. It *is done in this 

 way : the cattle of both wagons are driven up, 

 and when halted, the animals of each span separate 

 from one another. These are driven apart, but 

 still there may be a young ox or an obstreperous 

 one, which will intrude into the wrong division, so 

 he has to be hunted out, and, in course of this, he 

 generally gets a good hiding and pelting for the 



