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ON THE CREST OF THE HILL. 



The spi \ng-bok; hartbeest ; black and white antelopes; saber antelopes, whose 

 herns, indeed, resemble formidable weapons; the koodoo, with its long, spiral 

 horns ; the curiously marked animal called the harnessed antelope ; the eland, ot 

 which you have already learned something ; and the gnu. 



To the north, in the direction of the high mountains, and near the edge of a 

 grove, standing close to the bank of the stream which passed by the camp, was a 



THE SABER ANTELOPE. 



herd of elephants, evidently feeding. Still farther off could be discerned a half 

 dozen small animals in the middle of a grassy plain, which the glass proved to be 

 elands, a graceful species of antelope, many of which had been previously met on the 

 way to this point. 



Far beyond these, so far, indeed, that the glass failed to identify them of a 

 certainty, were several moving specks, which it was generally agreed were horse- 

 men, probably the party of Bushmen with whom our friends had had such a 



