Vlll 



A Breath from the Veldt 



Extraordinary attitudes of a bustard from Pietersberg high veldt 

 Some South African birds of prey .... 



Pressing business elsewhere ..... 



Klipbucks descending a kopjie ..... 



Koodoo bull endeavouring to escape notice by assimilation to surroundings 

 Native types ....... 



Black-crowned weaver birds ..... 



Usual method of drawing game to camp 



Waterbuck on the move ..... 



A roan antelope evicting a Lichtenstein's hartebeest from the beds made by the 

 Study of a young sable bull ..... 



Second attitude of defence of a sable bull 



A waterbuck taking cover ..... 



Natives firing the bush at night .... 



Drifting spirals. Jabiru storks soaring .... 



Listening to the lions roaring ..... 



A lion scaring vultures off a kill .... 



Dead giraffe and Dutch hunters .... 



Burchell's zebras leaving a pan after drinking 



Sable antelopes suspicious ..... 



"Clas," a Shangan hunter ..... 



Retribution ....... 



Lions going to a " still "..... 



Sassaby running ...... 



He takes a look behind occasionally, to see if you are still following 

 A Dutch hunter's camp ..... 



A troop of guinea-fowls trekking towards the water in the evening 

 A corner in Basadanote's camp ..... 



Prince, " Gentleman," waggon, and heads 

 Growth of horns of the male black wildebeest . 



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The long-eared jackal . 



A cheetah cub .... 



Springbuck heads — immediately after death 



Attitudes of springbuck in the air as they jump to avoid 



Karoo shepherd (tailpiece) 



Springbuck coursing 



Springbuck crossing a road 



Martinus Landsberg 



Mode of shooting the Stanley bustard 



A Dutch interior — showing Boers' mode of dancing 



Prince ...... 



Showing the remarkable manner in which " Gentleman 

 "David," Head of bushmen (tailpiece) 

 Evening play of the bush khoorhan 

 The ordinary walk of the steinbuck 



a bullet that has struck 



