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for seventeen dead and dying were gathered together, 

 by far the greater part of which had been killed 

 by my allies. The two men who were knocked 

 down, it is satisfactory to know, suffered only a 

 little blood-letting, the first having received a severe 

 scratch on his forearm from one of the beasts' claws, 

 while the other had a usually very flat nose still 

 more pancaked, and from which poured a tolerably 

 abundant stream of not blue, but very black blood. 

 Spring-haas shooting, when followed in the manner 

 I have just described, is unquestionably very exciting, 

 and productive of a heavy bag, still I do not think 

 that I care specially for the amusement ; in fact, I 

 may add that I have not practised it since, and do 

 not intend to do so again. When I want a jumping 

 hare as an addition to my larder, I much prefer the 

 simple though less successful plan of going in pursuit 

 of the game, viz., with a single attendant to carry my 

 lantern, and I alone the weapon of destruction. 



At daylight next morning we were up and doing ; 

 I superintended, as usual, the yoking of the cattle, 

 and when that was accomplished, I took the mare 

 and stole off to the westward, in the hope of coming 

 across the brace of koodoo bulls that had so 



