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beat was about two miles in length, during which 

 I only obtained five shots, my friend six, out of 

 which we bagged six small buck, the natives, with 

 their primitive weapons, killing a similar number, 

 besides numerous partridges, hares, and sand grouse. 

 From thence we proceeded to a kloof, or ravine, 

 between two extensive copjes. This was covered 

 with tolerably stiff brush, and promised remarkably 

 well ; for, as we approached it, we not only saw a 

 number of springbok, but a magnificent bull koodoo 

 (whose horns would have been a fitting decoration 

 for any nobleman's hall) bid us good-bye over an 

 adjoining ridge. That our attendants thoroughly 

 understood what they were about was amply proved 

 by the careful and sportsmanlike manner in which 

 they conducted the campaign. Having placed us 

 each on the summit of some loose rocks that guarded 

 the pass, only our servants remaining with their 

 respective masters, the entire posse made a detour 

 round one of the copjes, which brought them to the 

 head of the ravine, the wind being at their backs, 

 which would thus enable them to drive the game 

 before them, and therefore right up to our position, 

 we being to leeward. 



