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THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA. 



When this occurred, " Chummy" and I jumped 

 from our nags and rushed to the support of our canine 

 pets, but when we saw the beasts make such a 

 stand and thought in what a proper spirit they had 

 done so, we desisted. I am very partial to having 

 a baboon in my wagon ; but the person who indulges 

 in that taste must have a youngster, who has not 

 acquired the vices of his ancestors ; he can then 

 mould the young creature's manners to a certain 

 degree into habits suited to the ideas usually en- 

 joyed by a Christian people. 



While I have been making these notes, I have 

 been travelling through a country where baboons 

 abound, and from every ridge of rock and precipitous 

 kloof that we have passed by, they have indicated 

 their presence with their basso pro/undo voice, saying 

 plainly that they object to the advance of wagons, 

 alias civilisation, into their country. 



Where we outspanned was simply a wash, other- 

 wise a vley on a small scale that is, an indentation 

 in the ground where rain water has settled. There 

 was enough for the beasts to drink, but not an 

 abundance, so it became necessary that we should 

 hurry up to the next place where we should find water. 



