TRAVELS IN 
cur cattle into great diforder* We were ob- 
liged to pafs the whole night oa our legs. Thefc 
animals appeared fo ferocious, that we could 
not drive them away but by repeated dif- 
charges of our fir€ arms. 
At the break of day we faw fuch numbers of 
thofe antelopes called fpring-bocl^ that Irefolvfid 
to employ the whole day in hunting^ them ; 
efpecially as our provifions began to fail, and 
ias It was often necefTary to have a frefh fup- 
ply. The confumption made by all my peo- 
ple was fo great, that a juft idea can fcarcely 
be formed of it ; for by carrying a whole horde 
^hd their animals along with me, I had added 
an additional encumbrance, at which I was 
fbmetimes frightened. We were, however, 
lucky enough to kill feven of thefe antelopes. 
Though this fpecies are fwift-footed, people 
on korfeback may eafily come up with them* 
Being generally colledled into flocks, and keep- 
ing as clofely together as fheep, they mutually 
impede each other, which greatly retards 
them in their courfe : one ball, well direfted^ 
may kill two or three of them, and fometimes 
more. 
Next day we made a forced march : we had 
found bad water the evening before ; and to 
procure 
