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having committed a mistake, in placing this unwieldy mis- 
shapen animal in an element where it cannot possibly exist, 
and in which are not to be found the means of its sustenance, 
as its food does not consist of any thing which the rivers or 
waters afford. 
The latitude of the mouth of the Great Fish river we found 
to be 33° 25' south, and longitude 27" 37' east, which makes 
the direct distance from the Cape to be six hundred miles. 
The coast to the north-eastward, as far as could be seen 
from the high hillocks of sand, was wild and rocky, and with- 
out bay or indentation. 
The well-clothed plains of Zuure Veldt, when inhabited 
by the Dutch, abounded with a variety of game, especially of 
the antelope tribe ; but since the late incursions of the Kaf- 
fers they have mostly been destroyed or chased into some 
other part of the country. The manner in which these people 
hunt is not only destructive to all kinds of game, but it so 
much frightens those animals that may chance to escape, as 
to cause them to abandon the place. A large party, consist- 
ing sometimes of several hundreds, men, women, and chil- 
dren, surround the plain on which they may have observed a 
herd of antelopes. As soon as they have formed the 
circle each .proceeds towards the centre of it, narrowing 
the diameter, and closing upon each other, till the ob^ 
jects of their pursuit are completely fenced in. Antelopes, 
and particularly that species called the springbok, are like 
sheep, which always follow where one leads. As soon, there- 
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