396 LARGE GAME. chap. viii. 



bags may be made of them, they hide themselves so very 

 carefully that they are hardly worth the labour of looking 

 for. The late Mr. Leslie and I killed nine one afternoon 

 in Zululand, besides several "knorhaan," but the spot had 

 probably never been shot before, and we had both beaters 

 and dogs, and on the very same ground not nine months 

 afterwards I only saw one. They are very easily run 

 down by moderately fast dogs, and on the whole I think 

 that they may be classed with the red buck, as affording 

 least sport among all the smaller antelopes. 



The Vaal raebuck and the klipspringer (literally, the 

 " rock-jumper ") both inhabit mountainous, broken dis- 

 tricts ; the former being found on all the stony bare hills 

 of the uplands, while the latter is confined to the most 

 precipitous spots on the mountain ranges. The first has 

 already been described, and it will be sufficient to say here 

 that if a hunter desires to perfect himself in the art of 

 stalking on bare hilly ground, these antelopes will afford 

 him the very best practice. The klipspringer is a small 

 grey antelope, its skin being of a remarkable and very 

 beautiful grey, and in all points, except that of personal 

 appearance, it is a miniature chamois. It lives in places 

 all but inaccessible to the most daring hunter, and pos- 

 sesses power of springing among rocks and precipitous 

 ledges only surpassed by the Alpine antelope. It is far 

 from common, and unless especially sought for may remain 

 unseen during a long sojourn in the country. The only 

 part of Natal in which I have personally found it is the 

 Quathlamba or Drachensberg range, and, beyond the 

 limits of the colony, in the precipitous faces of the 

 Bombo mountains. 



