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THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



adornment of the sex glittering as if sprinkled with 

 diamond dust. Around the ladies' necks are placed 

 several rows of beads, and suspended over their busts 

 innumerable tiers of the same adornments. These 

 are of endless colours, according to the freak and 

 fancy of the wearer, blue and pink being the 

 favourites. The wrists and ankles are decorated in 

 the same way, occasionally relieved by bangles of 

 brass or copper wire. Their earrings, the produc- 

 tion of some Birmingham manufactory, are large 

 and showy, while over all is worn a kaross, made 

 generally from the hide of the springbok, or, among 

 the aristocracy, from the pelt of the caracal or 

 common jackal. It is not an ungraceful method 

 of decorating the body, when one gets accustomed 

 to it, but I must acknowledge that it takes some 

 time to do so. 



But, leaving the ladies for the present, as we 

 have reached the scene of our battue, our plan of 

 attack was immediately decided upon, viz., to drive 

 in line up wind, with a large lantern on each 

 flank. 



The game was exceedingly plentiful, but wilder 

 than anticipated, so the knobkerries did not perform 



