CHAPTER XXIV. 



EXCITING SCENE. 

 A Noble Quarry Splendid Hunt Marvellous Hounds. 



IN many parts of the earth there is far grander 

 scenery to be found than in Bechuana Land. For its 

 excellence in this respect I claim nothing ; but, for 

 sites for homesteads of pastoral farmers, it would be 

 very difficult indeed to find a more attractive country. 

 It is not all so, I must acknowledge ; but then the 

 magnitude of the country ought to be remembered, 

 and, having taken that into account, the attractive 

 portion will be found quite equal in extent to that 

 which does not recommend itself. It is true, I would 

 not care to reside in it when the game is killed off; 

 but the question naturally arises, Where would I 

 prefer a residence that possessed no wild animals ? 

 Nowhere; the land that suffers from such a misfortune, 



