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side, the animal had been outrun and dragged down by the hounds. 
After some more bucks had been killed we fell in with the spoor 
of a herd of wild pigs—the ground had evidently been turned up 
by them. On we went at a tearing pace, the woods re-echoing the 
shouts of the savages. Scrambling up the opposite side of a deep 
ravine, we came up with two of the herd, one of our party having 
the good fortune to shoot one of them—a ferocious-looking boar 
of great size. Being by this time satisfied with our day’s sport 
and pretty well fatigued, we left the Kafirs, whose voices soon 
faded in the distance. It was past noon, and the heat was very 
great, so we were glad to rest near a small stream oozing out of 
the gigantic cliffs which form a back to the forest. What a con- 
trast was the stillness there reigning to the commotion just expe- 
rienced! It was to us peculiarly enchanting, although to some it 
would have been oppressive. Nature seemed to have hushed all her 
creatures to sleep, and the monotonous din of insects invited us to 
repose. In this hunt there must have been killed nearly a hundred 
antelopes, as well as monkeys, rabbits, cane-rats, iguanas and 
ichneumons, beside the pigs mentioned. No leopards were killed 
this day, but in a similar hunt some time ago a large one was shot 
whilst lying across the branch of a tree. 
R. B. & J. D. S. Woopwarp. 
(To be continued.) 
Errata.—In the March number, page 4351, line 23, for power read poison; 
p. 4355, line 31, for Umsginto read Umzinto; p. 4356, line 35, for The general 
colour of this bird is purple read The general colour of this bird is green with 
purple reflections.—R. B. & J. D. S. W. 
Correction of an Error.—I take the liberty of correcting a slight mis- 
nomer in Messrs. Woodward’s very interesting paper on the Zoology of 
Natal in the July number of the ‘ Zoologist’ (S. 8. 4512). The African 
darter is not Plotus Anhinga, but a very distinct species, peculiar to that 
continent, P. Levaillantii, Licht. I believe that Messrs. Woodward are the 
first to record the occurrence of the demoiselle crane so far south as Natal ; 
but I think they are in error in applying to that species (S. 8. 4509-10) the 
names of “ crowned crane” and “ Kafir crane”; the first of which certainly, 
and the second also according to Layard, belong to a very different species, 
Balearica regulorum (Licht.).—J. H. Gurney. 
