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to meet us, asking : " What prodigy is this we have 

 heard of at Mamba's ? what wonderful animal is it ? " 



Our native guide replied : " He has the mouth and the 

 feet of a horse, wool and ears like a rabbit, and he sings 

 like a lion ". 



" Wow ! but this is wonderful ! W T e must go off to 

 Mamba's to see it at once Is it dangerous ? " 



" No, it is tame ; it will carry a mountain of things 

 upon its back." 



I have attempted to give the reader some idea of the 

 pleasures and the perils attendant upon the hunting of 

 the great game in the old days. 



The game has disappeared now. Most of my old 

 comrades have gone. Few died in their beds. Some 

 have fallen in battle, some by wild animals, some by 

 pestilence, and some by accidents. Their cheerful voices 

 are stilled in death, and the kindly grasp of their hands 

 I shall experience no more, for the grass is growing above 

 them ; but until my latest hour the memory of those 

 happy times we enjoyed together shall be ever green. 



