CHAP, vii THROUGH A GAME COUNTRY 71 



there was not one of our followers in sight. On our 

 way we almost rode into a herd of zebra which, were 

 moving about in a rather uneasy way, as if suspect- 

 ing the presence of some other foe than ourselves. 

 This put me on the alert, and I looked keenly all 

 round. In a few minutes I was rewarded by the 



"THAT RATHER SCARCE AND BEAUTIFUL ANTELOPE, THE BUSHBUCK." 



momentary glimpse of what I took to be a lion's 

 head, raised out of the grass not more than fifty 

 yards away. 



I dismounted, and, leading Aladdin, walked up to 

 the place as cautiously as I could, and found myself 

 on the edge of a kind of dry basin, about ten to 



