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Thus the day wears on, with occasional shots few and 

 far between, but the fun lies mostly in the complete lot- 

 tery as to what kind of game is going to rise before you. 



On your way back in the afternoon you hear the 

 screaming of a koran. You walk up to the spot and 

 putting him up, shoot him. He is a fine bird, as big as 

 a blackcock. 



As you near home you have to pass through an old 

 mealie field, and walk up it shooting several quail. The 

 chances are you will on that evening confess that you 

 have had a very enjoyable day's shooting. 



The Vaal rheebuck are of a bluish colour, and as a 

 rule do not squat -but run about the stony hills. They 

 are difficult to approach, and should be shot with a 

 rifle. There is also a curious little wiry-haired antelope 

 called a klipspringer, which lives amongst the stones. 



I have given a sample of a day's sport up country, 

 where the ground is open. Down on the coast there is 

 sport of a different kind, for in the bush you have to 

 use an army of beaters to drive the game up to the guns. 

 The bush-buck (or inkonka) is a fine fellow, weighing as 

 much as a heavy sheep. He is of a dark colour, and 

 has bayonet-shaped horns which you must beware of if 

 he is wounded. The female (called imbabala) is of a 

 redder colour. There is a tiny blue buck (called pite), 

 about the size of a hare. 



Wild pigs also form a feature in a bush drive. I 

 remember on one occasion when shooting at an estate 

 on the coast, we had a large number of beaters out. 

 Owing to jealousies we deemed it advisable to keep our 

 Natal Caffres separate from the Amatonga, so they were 

 divided into two bands. 



We had a very successful drive, and shot a lot of wild 



