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during the hottest part of the day. Animals which 

 hardly ever wander from water, such as water-bucks, 

 reed -bucks, wart-hogs, hartebeests, etc., generally 

 drink about nine o'clock, coming back again about 

 four in the afternoon ; those which go far afield, 

 such as elands, zebras, sable antelopes, and nswalas, 

 have no fixed hours, and come when they are able. 

 Buffaloes appear at sunset, or, if travelling at night, 



EN ROUTE FOR THE CAMP. 



generally reach the drinking - place early in the 

 morning. Monkeys, large and small, show them- 

 selves about noon. 



Ordinarily, lions slake their thirst after sunset and 

 before sunrise, but they are not very regular, everything 

 depending on the result of their hunting; if they have 

 eaten well at night they are certain to come to drink 

 at daybreak, before retiring to digest their food. The 

 rhinoceros comes to the water about ten o'clock 



