CHAPTER XVIII. 



EXCITING CHASE OF THE GEMSBOK. BEAUTY OF 

 ORANGE RIVER. CHASE OF THE RHINOCEROS. 

 CHASE OF AN ELEPHANT. 



OUR Hottentots gave us promise of glorious sport in 

 hunting a species of antelope, called the oryx, or gemsbok. 

 We soon emerged upon a broad, arid plain, where these 

 animals were known to abound, and after travelling about 

 five miles over this most desolate tract, we encamped not 

 far from a vley, or pool, where the game drank.. This 

 pool was about two hundred yards in breadth. One side 

 presented patches of grass, the bright green of which was 

 very refreshing to the eye, which had been gazing for 

 miles upon the desert plains. Flocks of wild geese, ducks, 

 and cranes, enlivened the spot with their fluttering and 

 cackling. The other side was bare, and trampled hard 

 by the feet of wild animals which resorted to the pool to 

 quench their thirst. 

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