

The Mimosa, the typical bush of South Africa. 



The Mimosa, which frecjuently <^ro\vs in dense thickets, 

 affording sanctuary to the Rooi-kat or Caracal and 

 others of the cat tribe whose sinuous bodies can fjlide 

 with impunity under the terrible array of thorns. 



A Caracal or Rooi-kat emery int; from a 

 thicket-covered cavern. 



