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tlie animals described by the three different persons v/ere of 
the same species. Vaiilant also, who ma}^ generally be de- 
pended on, when he speaks of animals, mentions his having 
chased beyond the IMamaaquas, day after day in vain, an 
Isabella colored zebra. This also, in all probability, was 
of the same kind as the others. 
The missionary Vander Kemp mentions a streaked horse 
of incredible swiftness, which is called by the Hottentots 
Kamma ; and he adds, that " the Lnbo (a nation residing^ 
north-east from Kalfer land, and separated from the sea by 
the Malaiini) confirm the report of an unicorn existing in 
that part of the country. They represent it as a very savage 
animal ; they are horribly afraid of it, as it sometimes over- 
turns their kraals and destroys their houses. They say, that 
it has a single horn placed on the forehead, which is very long ; 
and that it is entirely distinct from the rhinosceros, with 
which they are well acquainted.'' Vander Kemp is a man 
of research, and of a different cast from the missionaries in 
general. He studied physic at Leyden, became a captain 
of dragoons, then studied at Edinburgh, where he took 
his degree, and published a work on Cosmology, which 
he called Parmenides. Yet fev/ perhaps will acquit him of 
credulity, on reading the following paragraph contained 
in one of the reports of his mission : — " A remarkable 
circumstance of the care of the Lord, in order to assist 
us in his work, we cannot pass by in silence. Our people 
being frequently dispersed, it was very difficult to call 
them together ; for this a bell was wanting very much, and 
we did not see any means to get it. But he who com- 
