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SHOOT THREE GEMS-BOKS. 55 
many hours before the shouting of the people and 
the barking of the dogs announced the approach of 
something unusual, which proved to be two of these 
antelopes, a fetnale and its young one, driven by the 
men towards the house. I immediately prepared 
my gun, and went out to meet them. By this time, 
the antelope, finding itself so closely pursued, stood 
in an attitude of defence, striking at the dogs, three 
of which it severely wounded. I fired, and lodged 
a ball just behind its shoulder, when it fell and died. 
Coming up to the young one, which had endeavoured 
to escape, I shot that also; Jacobs’s elder son had, in 
the interval, while at some distance from the place, 
killed a male, which was in company with the others 
when he first discovered them. 
The female was the most beautiful creature of the 
antelope species I had ever beheld, its skin being 
particularly sleek and soft, and its limbs most ex- 
quisitely proportioned; its marks were much more 
vivid and distinct than those of the male. 
Having prepared and packed the skins of the 
gems-boks, I left the hospitable abode of Stoffel 
Jacobs, who regretted on parting that we had not been 
‘successful in taking a lion, but assured me that he 
would not fail to send me the skin of the next he 
shot. ‘Towards the close of our first day’s journey 
from this place, the clouds, which had been gather- 
ing throughout the morning, suddenly opened, and, 
discharging their watery burthens, deluged the 
