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cate than that of any other antelope, was t@ 
us a moft delicious treat. I fhall give a de- 
fcription, with a figure of this animal, in 
my account of the quadrupedes of Africa. 
Among other new birds of this canton, I 
jQiot a fmall eagle, which had a very long creft 
that hung down behind its head ; and I named 
another bird th^ kings hunter on account 
of the refemblance of its form to that of the 
king's fiiher. Its bill, which is long, is of 
a red colour 5 the back, the wings, and the 
tail, are of a lively blue: it feeds upon infeds, 
inhabits only the woods, and makes its neft 
in hollow trees. I fhali not forget this beau- 
tiful bird in my ornithology. 
Nothing remarkable occurred to us in this 
encampment, except that, during the whole 
time of our refidence here, we regularly ex- 
perienced every evening, between three and 
four o'clock, fevere ftorms, which did not 
much incommode us, becaufc they were of 
fhort continuance. On the 9th of the month 
we packed up our baggage and again fet out, 
when my Hottentots, according to their cuf- 
tom of giving names to places from fome 
circumftance that has happened in them, 
* Martin chajjeur* 
called 
