300 KLOOF AND KARROO. 



Perhaps my readers may have some explanations to 

 offer upon this subject. 



The KUpspringer {Oreotragus saltatrix), as I have 

 mentioned in other chapters, is found in plenty on 

 the most precipitous and, rugged mountains in all 

 parts of the Colony. It may be noted that the 

 young of this antelope are the most difficult and 

 troublesome to rear of all the South African family 

 — in fact, they can hardly be kept alive in captivity. 

 I suppose the extreme solitude and freedom of this 

 little beauty in its natural state has something to do 

 with the fact. 



The Duyker or Duykerbok [Cephalopus mergens) 

 is. common almost everywhere in the Cape Colony, 

 in deep bushy bottoms and kloofs, or in thick bush. 



The Boschbok or Bush Buck {Tragelaphus 

 sylvaticus) is abundant in the broad fringe of thick 

 bush-veldt extending along the southern and south- 

 eastern coast line to Kafifraria. It affords excellent 

 sport to the colonists, and at the annual Easter 

 hunt near Port Elizabeth, large numbers of this 

 antelope are shot. It is one of the most plucky 

 and determined of its kind. 



The Grysbok or Grys Steinbok {Nanotragus 

 melanotis). — This variety of the steinbok is found 

 plentifully in the same localities as the boschbok. 

 Very occasionally it is encountered near the vleys 

 sometimes found on the tops of mountains higher up 

 the country, but very rarely ; and it may be doubted 

 whether these are not stray antelopes that have 

 wandered or been driven out of the bush-veldt fringe 

 where they are usually found. 



The Steinbok {Nanotragus tragulus). — This 

 beautiful httle creature is to be found freely all over 



