CHAPTER XXIV. 



A BREAK DOWN LOVELY LANDSCAPE. 



THE following morning a man arrived at our out- 

 span from Honey Vley. Upon being questioned, 

 when he interviewed us, as to the sport to be ob- 

 tained in that locality, we learned that vildebeeste, 

 gernsbok, and hartebeeste were plentiful, and that a 

 family of eight lions had established themselves in 

 close proximity to the station, and that less than a 

 month ago one of this interesting family had actually 

 forced an entrance into the village about sundown, 

 put the shepherds to flight, and walked off with a 

 goat. 



Since our meeting with Bareekey, at T'sinning, 

 we had resolved to visit Honey Vley, for two reasons 

 first, that game was supposed to be abundant 

 in its vicinity ; secondly, that an immense cave 

 -exists within a mile of it, in which uncountable 

 numbers of bees have for years made their home, 

 and consequently collected therein an enormous 





