AFRICA. ijs 
efleemed by the planters and the Hottentots, 
and on account of which they are diftinguiflied 
by the name of wild-bekruyper^ an appellation 
equivalent to that of creeper-after-game. Such 
a fportfman, though he may not flioot fo well 
as another deftitute of this African talent, will 
at the fame time kill more game ; becaufe, by 
his fupplenefs and addrefs, he will contrive to 
drag himfelf along, till he approach fo near the 
animal that the moft unfkilful fhooter would 
find it impoffible to mifs. The Bofhmen are 
generally confidered as the beft bekruypers ; 
meanwhile I have had frequent opportunities 
of admiring the fame agility in Jonker* 
His fight was fo keen, that he could often 
diftlnguifli an antelope as it lay upon the 
ground, at a diftance that I could not obferve \t 
even with my glafs ; and, excepting Kees, he 
had the moft penetrating eye of my whole ca- 
ravan. 
Wild animals poflefs the fenfe of feeing in 
the greateft perfedion ; becaufe, from the kind 
of life which they lead, having great diftances 
to traverfe, the faculty is in continual exercife, 
by the frequent need th^y haveof meafurlng 
thofe diftances. For the fame reafon, mea 
alfo 
