An African Shooting Trip 



he liked nothing so well as a long run after a 

 wounded antelope. We were told that gray 

 and white ponies were used in rhinoceros 

 hunting. The rhinoceros is made angry by a 

 native riding a white pony directly by his 

 nose, and the big brute follows savagely, the 

 attention of his small eyes being held by the 

 light-colored spectre dancing ahead of him. 

 The friends of the rider run on either side, 

 and fill the hide of the rhinoceros with spears 

 and arrows. Though the natives have to pay 

 little attention to their horses, as they never 

 require shoeing in such a country, they are 

 extremely careless about the most important 

 part of the animal in the tropics — the back ; 

 and, when selling a pony, try their best to get 

 their money before unsaddling. Usually, the 

 saddle cloth has a suspicious red look, and, 

 beneath it, if there is no open sore, there are 

 generally several old scars of previous break- 

 ing downs. Being Mohammedans, these peo- 

 ple will have nothing to do with dogs, and 

 one never sees dogs except among the Mit- 

 gans or bushmen, who are of a lower caste. 



The quiet, nomadic, pastoral life led by the 

 natives often grows tiresome, and the different 

 tribes are constantly raiding one another. 



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