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he was surprised by the sudden appearance of one 

 of these animals. On the impulse of the moment he 

 waved his hat and shouted with a view of frighten- 

 ing it away, but finding the elephant not so easily 

 intimidated, he prudently ran off at full speed, 

 having good reason to congratulate himself on his 

 fortunate escape from the huge quadruped that 

 closely pursued him ; and he had since been more 

 cautious in the spots which he selected for such 

 occupations. 



The morning air being delightfully cool and invi- 

 gorating, I enjoyed my ride before breakfast across 

 the Quagger vlaats, whence I proceeded to the Sun- 

 day River; but finding that I should not arrive 

 at my destination till late at night, and being quite 

 unacquainted with the country through which I had 

 to travel, I with some difficulty procured a Hottentot 

 as a guide. Before we commenced the precipitous 

 descent to the Zwart Kops River darkness had over- 

 taken us, which rendered this part of the journey parti- 

 cularly gloomy, and the more so as the horses were 

 almost exhausted, and we had still some miles to tra- 

 verse over a sandy flat before we could reach Port 

 Elizabeth. The hyeenas occasionally sent forth their 

 hoarse whoop, as if close at our heels ; and on one 

 of them continuing to follow us through the thick 

 jungle, the Hottentot riding close up to me, asked if 

 I heard "the wolf?" "Yes," said I, "but you 

 are not afraid of it ? " " No," he replied, " but it 



