THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



settle down upon the trail of game, its fate is 

 certain, unless it should reach water of sufficient 

 depth to cause the assailants to swim when ap- 

 proaching it. 



The larger antelopes, zebras, and quaggas, having 

 gained such a sanctuary, at once come to bay, and 

 with their sharp and powerful hoofs soon beat off 

 their antagonists, but seldom before many of them 

 have been disabled or killed outright. 



However, if such an asylum is not within reach, 

 the hunting dogs lie alongside their victims till a 

 chance to lay hold occurs, when, if the prey be a 

 male, they emasculate him ; if a female, tear off her 

 udder, or open her intestines by dragging on her 

 flank. 



In this respect the African animal exactly re- 

 sembles its Indian brother, and of it, in the Colony, 

 similar stories are in circulation to those narrated by 

 the natives of Hindostan regarding their indigenous 

 beast, viz., that the former will not hesitate to attack 

 and kill the lion, as the latter is reported frequently so 

 to do to the royal tiger. 



