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August 5th. Moved our camp again down the river, and 
on the way I came across a herd of gnus. While following 
up one of these that I had wounded, we fell in with some 
buffalo and killed one, which delayed us some time, and 
made us later than usual in pitching our tent. Seeing so 
much sign of game in the neighbourhood, and guessing 
we were in the angle formed by the Tabi and Oliphant 
rivers, or very near it, we determined to stop a few days 
and hunt up the game. In the afternoon I went out 
again, and found some more buffalo and also giraffe — the 
first of the latter I had seen, but could not get near them. 
Enjoyed some capita] marrow bones from the buffalo for 
supper. Off out hunting early the next morning, and 
after walking some distance started some lions in the long 
grass, who were feasting on a buffalo they had killed the 
previous evening ; but as I only just caught a glimpse of 
them running through the bush, I could not get a shot, 
nor should I have known what they were except for the 
excitement of some of the Caffres. We tried to follow up 
the spoor, but it was quite useless. Found another herd 
of buffalo and bagged one, but unfortunately I cannot get 
a bull. Sent back to the camp for more men to carry 
home the meat, and walked homewards. On the road I 
killed an impala, at least 300 yards, with the Express. 
We have now seen every kind of game to be met with in 
these parts except the elephant, including koodoo, eland, 
waterbuck, impala, harrisbuck, sessabie, gnu (two kinds), 
bushbuck, steinbuck, cracebuck, duiker, roan antelope, 
besides the blesbok and springbok in the Transvaal. It 
seems odd that there should not be one variety of the deer 
tribe proper amongst this list, but they all belong to the 
antelope class, and none have any branches to their horns. 
Then we have seen lion, rhinoceros, buffalo, giraffe, 
panther, wild boar, ostrich, zebra, hippopotamus, and 
alligator, making about twenty-five varieties in one 
