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within about eighty or ninety yards, were several 

 hundred spring-buck. My friend had changed his shot- 

 gun for a rifle ; I still retained my former weapon, useless 

 on such large game at so long a range, as it was loaded 

 with shot. 



Well, he covered first one, then another, and ulti- 

 mately a third, but his Winchester refused to explode ; 

 by this time the spring-bucks had become alarmed, and 

 scampered off, and the two greyhounds had a grand run 

 after them, although from beginning to end of the chase 

 it was evident to any one that they were outpaced at 

 every stride. This did not matter, because we had 

 killed more meat than we could consume ; and whether 

 or no, both beef and mutton were to be purchased at 

 Klerksdorp. 



From where our late shooting had been performed, 

 we galloped over a ridge of high land, and found our- 

 selves on the margin of another wood. This we shot 

 over, and very much added to our bag, so much so 

 that both the Kaffirs were loaded with birds, while the 

 diker bucks were hung across the horses' backs, tied 

 in their place by D's attached to the cantles of our 

 saddles. 



A third cover was next to be shot, but to get there 

 we had to cross an open velt about two miles broad ; in 

 doing so, up jumped a wolf (striped hyaena), and both 

 the greyhounds dashed off in pursuit. On closing with 

 the quarry Bob fell as usual, but he was on his legs 

 a moment afterwards : this accident gave old Bonte the 

 advantage, who seized his prey by the flank, and both 

 pursuer and pursued rolled over in the dust together, 

 Bob in the meantime coming to his companion's assist- 

 ance, when conjointly they soon worried every particle of 



