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made by them, and it now became their duty to look after the wants of the wild aa 

 well as the domestic animals. It was their province, as they understood it, to keep 

 watch of the grazing oxen, and prevent them wandering too far from camp ; to look 

 out for wild beasts and men ; to provide grass and leaves for the giraffe, flesh for 

 the young lions and leopards ; to take care of the goats, and furnish their milk for 

 the table, and such of the captives as might need it ; to provide fuel, attend to the 

 cooking, and, in short, to do everything except hunt. 



SPRING-BOK. 



In other words, since the four white men meant to devote their energies to that 

 business, they arranged that all other work, in and about camp, should be done 

 by the natives, who had been brought along for that purpose. 



Two exceptions should be named, in the persons of Pongo, the Bushman, and 

 Diedrick, the Hottentot. They were more intelligent than the others and their 

 previous experience in these wilds rendered them valuable assistants. The extra 

 ponies were intended mainly for their use, though the prize Pongo had secured in 

 that line left another spare horse for future contingencies. 



