A RUN WITH THE 



with the keenest when once there is 

 fox afoot. 



Cups of coffee from the ox-dung 

 camp-fires are passed around, and 

 then the everlasting pipes come out 

 and are filled by the simple method 

 of plunging them into the capacious 

 coat-pocket, which is kept filled with 

 loose "Boer" tobacco. The strong 

 aroma hangs as heavily as its blue 

 smoke on the raw morning air, and 

 promises a fine scenting morning as 

 we trot away from the uitspan towards 

 our hunting-ground. 



Our hounds would perhaps look 

 strange at home — their best admirer 

 could scarcely call them a level lot ; 

 but this need not be wondered at 

 when it is remembered that we have 

 to take what we can get from kind- 

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