CAPE HUNTING DOG OR WILDE HONDE 
quiver full of poisoned arrows, the slightest punc- 
ture from one of which resulted in death. 
When the strong and warlike Kafir tribes swept 
down from the north and spread over South Africa, 
the wild dog had a still more formidable enemy, for 
they had a habit of gathering together in great 
bodies and making organised attacks by surrounding 
packs of these wild dogs which made such persistent 
attacks upon their stock. Lacking firearms, the 
Kafirs, however, could not make much headway 
against such fleet and cunning enemies, and, acting 
on the defensive, they resorted to carefully shutting 
up their stock in kraals at night, and guarding them 
during the daytime when at pasture. 
When the European colonist made his appearance 
in the country, he found it overrun with Cape 
Hunting Dogs, which are as big as an average-sized 
mastiff. ‘These large, powerful, fleet and cunning 
animals ever and anon swooped down upon his 
flocks and herds and devastated them. Should the 
shepherd doze and allow his flock to wander to a 
distance, a pack of wild dogs, which had been watch- 
ing from afar, with a swinging but swift gallop 
would dash among the sheep or goats, and even if 
the shepherd should appear almost at once upon 
the scene, these bold and bloodthirsty animals will 
already have mortally wounded scores of them. 
They are never content to attack and devour a few. 
Once in the midst of a flock of sheep or goats, they 
kill and rend until the ground is drenched with 
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