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A Breath from the Veldt 



under excitement have been a subject for the pen of nearly every writer w 

 has visited South Africa. So queer, wonderful, and varied are they that I si 

 think there is plenty to say that is practically new, whilst the field for 

 artist's impressions of them is quite untouched. Perhaps some of my read 



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THE WHITE-QUILLED BLACK KHOORHAN IN ITS USUAL ATTITUDE OF 

 HOVERING WHEN DISTURBED 



may think I have caricatured and " Munchausened " the acrobatic feats a 

 tomfoolery of these clowns of the desert. I can only say to such doubters, " ' 

 and see for yourselves." As an absolute fact, it is almost impossible for 

 artist to exaggerate the extraordinary gambols and grotesque savagery of a h( 

 as it commences to run. To convey an exact impression to the mind of 1 



