i?o THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



the leopard. The back of the klipspringer, which is of 

 an olive-brown colour, gradually becomes lighter down 

 the flank till the stomach is reached, when the 

 colour is of an ashy gray, the whole so wonderfully 

 blending with the surroundings of its habitat that 

 it requires the most experienced eye to detect this 

 antelope among the rocks. I was most anxious to 

 get two of these buck, as their hair, which is brittle 

 and twisted, makes incomparably the best stuffing 

 for a saddle that can anywhere be obtained. On 

 such an occasion as the present I did not expect 

 to succeed in my desire, for these beauties will not 

 be driven, but invariably break off to the right or 

 left flank. Scarcely had the klipspringers made their 

 appearance, when numerous families of baboons 

 followed their example and took to the rocks, the 

 females, with their young, leading the way, the old 

 males bringing up the rear, their extraordinary 

 instinct telling them that that was the place of 

 danger. I acknowledge that baboons are far from 

 pretty animals, yet they have some wonderfully 

 good points in their characters, the most marked 

 of which is the pluck and determination with which 

 they will meet any foe that attempts to molest 



