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out afterwards that some Basuto Oaffres had crossed the 
spoor a-head of us, followed it up and killed an elephant, 
so there was no chance for us, and we should have had a 
tremendous walk only to be disappointed at last. We 
shot two impalas close to camp to replenish the larder. 
Both kinds of rhinoceros, the black'' and white," are 
found about here, the former being the smaller species, 
but much more pugnacious, and often attacking man 
without any provocation, which made us still more 
surprised at our friend turning tail after being wounded, 
as he was one of the black" sort. They are difficult to 
kill, especially as the brain is well protected, and the 
hide is very tough over the vital parts of the body. The 
way the large game, and even the antelopes, run off when 
badly wounded is astonishing, and makes it very difficult 
to get them. I was much interested in the chase after the 
rhinoceros at seeing the, to me, almost marvellous manner 
in which Swartboy followed the spoor, tracking it over 
hard ground where I couldn't see an impression much less 
a footmark ; but, like their power of finding their way in 
the bush, it is, I suppose, an instinct. A hard day's work, 
and very tired, but much encouraged at seeing signs of 
big game in our neighbourhood. ^^Lion," the dog, very 
seedy, and I am afraid cannot last long, poor fellow ; but 
he has been of very little use to us, though one day he 
afforded us a most exciting scene by chasing a waterbuck 
into the river, and going in after him held on to his 
haunches, both dog and buck swimming. The river was 
very wide, with shallows at intervals ; the combatants 
occasionally got on them, and then the dog tried to pull 
his game down ; the next minute they were in deep water, 
and so they fought on for nearly half an hour, when 
ultimately the buck got ashore on the opposite bank, and 
both disappeared into the bush, when we lost sight of 
them, Lion " turning up in the evening dead beat. 
