SCARCITY OF GAME. 
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late, but became much more plentiful at the Rama- 
queban, which was reached the following morning. 
Encamping on this river, they still remained a 
few days longer in the neighbourhood before finally 
separating, usually taking from here different direc- 
YELLOW-BILLED HORNBILL. — Tochis flavirostris. 
tions during the day in search of game, and meeting 
again at night. The game in the district, however, 
for the most part proved scarce and wild, a circum- 
stance afterwards accounted for by the fact that 
other parties had been and still were hunting the 
neighbourhood at the same time. There was, 
nevertheless, abundant evidence of its being a good 
game country ; and, as it was, giraffe, koodoo, 
