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perfect tusks. When the wagons ca-me up, I found 

 myself minus another steed : a fine young mare had 

 fallen into a Bakalahari pitfall, and had been suffocated. 



On the 5th I rode down the river and fell in with a 

 large herd of about thirty hippopotami : they lay upon 

 some rocks in the middle of a very long and broad pool. 

 I wounded seven or eight of these in the head, and 

 killed two, a. bull and a cow, both of which we found 

 next day. At night the lions prowled around our camp, 

 and fought with the dogs until the morning : they came 

 boldly in between the fires of the natives, who lay around 

 my camp. 



The next day I ordered my wagons to come on, and 

 rode ahead to the pool where I had last shot. When 

 the wagons came up, I detected the head Bakalahari 

 of the kraal beside which ray mare had been killed, 

 he was talking with my cattle herds, with whom he 

 seemed to be on very intimate terms. This killing of 

 my horse was either intentional or most culpably care- 

 less, as the pits were left covered, and the cattle driven 

 to pasture in the middle of them ; I accordingly deemed 

 it proper that this man should be made an example of; 

 so, calling to my English servant, Carey, to assist me, 

 we each seized an arm of the guilty chief, and T then 

 caused Hendric to flog him with a sea-cow jambok ; 

 after which I admonished him, and told him that if the 

 holes were not opened in future, I would make a more 

 severe example as I proceeded. The consequence of 

 this salutary admonition was, that all the pitfalls along 

 the river were thrown open in advance of my march, a 

 thing which I had never before seen among the Bechu- 

 ana tribes. In the afternoon I rode down the river a few 

 pools, and found a very fine herd of about thirty hippo- 

 potami. I wounded three or four of these, and killed one. 



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