CHAPTER XL 



WILD PIGS AN EXCITING HUNT. 



was late before we trecked, and then only 

 accomplished a distance of five or six miles, for we 

 came across a splendid pool of rain-water among the 

 hills, that was too attractive not to outspan beside. 



The air during our march was most invigorating 



and free from dust, the bush as bright and green as 



if just supplied with fresh foliage, while the birds 



I and smaller antelopes frisked about as if a new life, 



and one of eternal pleasure, already appeared before 



I them. 



The country we had got into was far more un- 

 dulating than previously, and another characteristic, 

 both pleasant to the eye and prophetic of sport, was 

 that it was well covered in parts with large spaces 

 of dwarf brushwood. 



Having ordered a lavish dinner at sunset, 



perched myself on the waggon-box and took a 



survey of the surrounding country with my binocular. 



At almost the first glance I took through it, the 



