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pellationof ring-hals-kraal^ (ring- necked crow]. 
It is rare, however, at the Cape, though very 
abundant among the rocks in queftion. I have 
denominated it the corbivau, 
Thefe various excurfions in purfuit of game 
afforded me many adventures, fome of which, 
perhaps, would not be unamufmg to the reader ; 
but i ihall only relate fuch as may in fome de- 
gree contribute to the improvement of natural 
hiftory, and this is my inducement for reciting 
the following particulars. 
One evening, when I had returned at an 
early hour to the kra.al, one of Klaas Barter's 
herdfmen came haftlly to inform us, that he 
had obferved two elephants flop on a' neigh- 
bouring heath. Scarcely any news could be 
more interefting to me than this. It recalled 
to my remembrance all the pleafure I had re- 
ceived in my firft journey, from hunting thefe 
animals in the Autenlqua country ; and the 
two mentioned by the herdfman appearing to 
indicate an intention of pafiing the night in the 
place where they had been feen, I had every 
reaf )n to promife myfelf, that I fliould come 
up with them before they quitted it. It was 
refplved, therefore, that w^e sfhould attack them 
at 
