2i8 Men, Mines, and Animals in South Africa. 



Johannesburg. Ten, coffee, bacon, hams, any 

 wine or Hqueurs should be brought out from home, 

 I would strongly recommend that the hunter 

 should provide himself with some champagne. 

 After a Ion"- da^''s huntino- in a hot sun this Avine 

 is the most refreshino- and restorino- of all alcoholic 

 leverages. So equipped, the fortunate and perse- 

 vering sportsman will pass many delightful hours 

 land memorable thiys. Hunting during a period of 

 some "^veeks or montlis, he ^vdll probably come 

 across giraffe, hippopotami, ostrich, eland, sable 

 antelope, roan antelope, koodoo, wildebeest, harte- 

 beest, waterbuck, quaggM, ^vhicli latter it is almost 

 a sin to shoot, many kinds of small buck, wild pig, 

 hyena, and jackal. I was hunting too short a time 

 to meet with all these animals, and was not for- 

 tunate enough to see either giraffe, hippopotami, 

 ostrich, eland, or wildebeest. But the sjjoor of all 

 these animals, with the exception of the sea cow, 

 I saw in quantities, often quite fresh, 



I left Fort Salisbury at 9 a.m, on the lUth 

 August, and trekked in the mule Avaggon as far as 

 the Hunyani River, which was reached at 9 a.m. 

 There we outspanned. A bath and l^rcakfast oc- 

 cupied the morning. Sir John Willoughby 

 arrived about two o'clock in the afternoon, mounted 

 on a sturdy and well-bred grey pony, which had 

 been lent him by Dr. Jamieson. Mr. Borrow, of 

 the firm of Johnson, Heaney, and Borrow, had 

 most kindly lent me two excellent shooting horses, 

 both "salted,"' for myself and Lee. I found that 

 it Avould not be possible to ride better animals. 



