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part of the lungs, and that the other was lost in the 

 back. 



Three hours' torrid sun are sufficient to assure the 

 preservation of the skin, and we set out for the camp 

 after rolling it up with the hair outside, and passing a 

 stick through it, which two men carry. 



The vultures have long since finished their work, 

 and a few well-picked ribs are waiting for the hyenas 

 to-night. 



The unexpected manner in which we have entered 

 into possession of our wild animal is the subject of 

 conversation for several days. I take a little rest ; 

 then, with the object of varying my pleasures and 

 also to get some specimens of animals ordinarily 

 difficult to approach, I spend a few days in 

 hiding at the edges of my pools. Only in daylight 

 I do not wait for animals to come to drink ; if they 

 .approach within 100 yards it is sufficient the 303 

 easily reaches them. I thus add to our collection 

 two magnificent koodoos, an enormous baboon 

 (cynocephalus), a fine specimen of a zebra, a curious 

 monkey with a reddish back, etc. 



Several times at the close of night-watches, when 

 J had lost all hope of seeing large animals, I have 

 killed smaller but very interesting nocturnal animals, 

 such as lynx, civet-cats, tiger-cats, and a wild-pig (a 

 rather rare animal), which must not be confounded 

 with the wart-hog, which has large tusks, whereas the 

 wild-pig has none. The wild-pig (kumba) is larger 

 than our wild-boar ; it is essentially nocturnal ; its 

 flesh is excellent, and its bristles are reddish brown. 



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