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the elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros. These also 

 may he obtained Avithout difficulty, if one is not 

 daunted by the remoteness of the districts near the 

 Zambesi, by the real rough life incident on the 

 absence of wao-oons and of all beasts of burden, 

 owing to the existence of the Tsetse fly, or by hard 

 walking exercise under the heat of a troj^ical sun. 

 But in the vast territory I have defined above, the 

 hunter may without difficulty surround and cheer 

 himself with every species of comfort. Waggons 

 drawn by oxen or by mules, the former are pre- 

 ferable, can penetrate to any j)art of the bush veldt ; 

 tents, bedsteads, provisions of all kinds can be 

 carried with ease, and even a young Pall j\lall 

 sybarite would acknowledge that there can be pro- 

 vided out here an inconceivable combination of 

 sport and luxury. The soundest sleep at night, 

 the best of appetites for every meal, the clear head, 

 the cool nerve, the muscle and wind as perfect as 

 after an autumn in the Highlands, are pleasures 

 and delights which can be here experienced, and to 

 which many of our London jeunesse doree are 

 almost strangers. All kinds of strange forest sights, 

 all the beauties and many, cjuaint freaks of nature 

 will charm the eye and exercise the mind. Xor is the 

 exciting element of danger by any means altogether 

 absent. The lion and the leopard are beasts to en- 

 counter which successfully requires skill, experience, 

 and courage. Snakes of great venom, some of 

 great size, may not infrequently be met with ; falls 

 from the horse Avhen galloping wildly through the 

 bush or over the plain, such as even Leicestershire 

 cannot rival, may occur constantly ; and should 



