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eftabliflied their haunts in it, and as I was 
defirous of fecuringmyfelf from any furprife 
by either, I fixed my camp in an open 
fpot, and fortified it in the beft manner I 
could. 
Having feen the traces of a rhinoceros, my 
ancient ardour for hunting was again revived, 
and I promifed a handfome reward to the 
firft of my people who Jfhould procure me 
one of thefe monftrous animals; but neither 
of us were fo fortunate, for we faw no far- 
ther appearance of them, I however unex- 
pedtedly fell in with a fmall flock of eight 
elks, none of which fpecies 1 had ever killed, 
and purfuing them brifkly, I fhot one dead 
on the fpot. Dodor Sparmann has given a 
very accurate defcription of this animal, which 
the favages name kana* It is entirely different 
from the elk defcribed by BuflFon, and is 
only the largeft fpecies of the antelopes of 
the Cape. 
When I returned to my camp, I found that 
all my hunters, who had difperfed themfelves 
every where throughout the neighbourhood 
with a view of gaining the prize, were arrived 
very much difcoritented and fatigued. One 
of them having informed me that he had 
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