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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
It was a glorious sight, and could not have been 
better witnessed than from the spot where we 
then stood. At the end of the valley, she swam 
the river, and on the other bank the dogs came 
to fault ; this gave us time to get up again, and 
join in the tedious " Mood-spooring to which 
we had again to have recourse, to make her out. 
This never-failing alternative once more betray- 
ed her to us, lying wallowing in the mud at the 
bottom of a half dry u vley" of water, some mile 
and a half away, her wound bleeding copiously. 
From this the dogs soon aroused her, when 
she again charged us, and we here got a full 
and close view of her. She was a noble beast, 
about six feet in length, and four in height : 
her huge horns spread out, on either side of her 
frontal, to nearly two feet ; whilst her limbs 
were formed with the most perfect symmetry, 
and appeared slight and fragile in comparison 
with the size of her enormous carcase. A 
second time wounded, she still eluded us, and 
crashed once more into the middle of the bush. 
She gave us chase throughout the remainder 
of the day, without our again seeing her ; al- 
though we often heard her close beside us, 
trampling down the bushes, and tearing away 
the surrounding branches. 
Twice again, we tracked her into this u vley" 
and once, so exhausted and weary were we all, 
