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to attach themselves to the human family when 

 opportunity offers, and are as difficult to get rid 

 of as they are easy to acquire. 



A hot bath, in which plenty of carbolic soap 

 has been dissolved, will cure this evil, so the traveller 

 will know what to make use of to free himself from 

 these irritating pests, if at any time he should have 

 to handle these curiosities of the animal creation (not 

 the insects), with a desire to bring one or other of 

 them alive to his native land. 



The aard-vark we had killed measured (of course 

 including tail) nearly seven feet in length, and when 

 it was slung upon a pole for transportation to camp it 

 was quite a load for two able-bodied Bakalihari. 

 Although this animal is remarkably timid, and thus 

 seldom seen, if it should be intercepted in retreat 

 to its earth, or taken by surprise, and so compelled 

 to defend itself, it will do so most gallantly, against 

 any odds. Woe betide the cur then, that thought- 

 lessly places itself within reach of its formidable claws, 

 for they have quite as much the power of cutting 

 as have the tusks of a wild boar. 



Having seen the ant-eater forwarded to camp, 

 " Chummy" and self, with three of the natives, started 



