AFRICA. 135 
This method of fifliing, or whatever elfe it 
may be called, was not new to me : for at Su- 
rinam a ftratagem of the fame kind is employ- 
ed to catch two fpecies of fifii, which bury 
themfelves alfo; and which are called, one the 
varappe^ and the other the gorret or the ke- 
v'lkwi. 
Our waggons being ftatloned on the banks 
of this pond, frightened a great number of an- 
telopes which were coming to drink, and pre- 
vented them from approaching us. 
Thebontebocks, above all, appeared in flocks 
of two thoufand at leaft. I am perfuaded that 
this day, including bubales, antelopes of all 
kinds, zebras, and oftriches, I had before my 
eyes at one time more than four or five thou- 
fand animals : of all thefe, however, I wifhed 
only for an oflrich ; but I could find no me- 
thod .of gratifying my defire, for thefe birds 
would not fuffer us to approach them. The 
other fpecies, though rather timid, were from 
time to time within reach of a fhot ; but I was 
unwilling to fire for the mere pleafure of 
deflroying them : we had abundance of 
provifions \ and my powder, befides, was too 
valuable. 
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