A Breath from the Veldt 



III 



Towards the end of my trip, and afterwards in the Free State, I shot 

 several of the two species Otis afroides and Otis afer, and many more came 

 under my observation. Though demonstrative they are all very shy, keeping 



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BUSTARD FROM PIETERSBERG FLATS 



generally just out of shot. Now the bustards which I obtained north of 

 Pietersberg were extremely tame, so much so that I think I could have 

 bagged almost every bird I saw, whilst their antics in the air were quite 

 amazing. I saw several of them turn complete back-somersaults amongst 

 many other wonderful evolutions. As with loud screams they frequently 



