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.one of its flanks, that thereby the herd might 
imperceptibly be driven between the flakes. 
We foon got near, and began to prefs them 
more clofely. At length, when I faw that 
thofe who took the lead were fairly entered 
into the tunnel, I and Klaas drove full gallop 
after their rear, fhouting aloud, and firing our 
fufees and piilols, while my party feconded 
Us by the difcharge of theirs, and the others 
by their cries. 
This noife was a fignal for the favages con- 
cealed near the flakes, who all rofe up, making 
at the fame time fuch a hideous yell, that the 
uproar became tremendous. The animals, 
frightened and urged on all fides, prefled dlf- 
orderly upon one another, as they fled in a 
column, and exhibited an amAifmg fpeftacle. 
Curious to koow v/hat pafled at the head 
and near the pits, I galloped thither, expect- 
ing to find them filled by the antelopes 
tumbling in in heaps. But 1 was deceived. 
Thefe animals are extremely cunning. The 
leading ones only fell into the trap ; which the 
reft, as foon as they difcovered it, efcaped by 
leaping over. 
For more than half an hour that the pafTage 
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