April.] NUMEROUS DROVES OF GAME. 
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begged buttons. The name of the village was 
Cheyoo. 
Our shooters met with a dead lion, in the 
posture of crouching as if he had been alive ; 
they shot at him, but observing no motion they 
ventured nearer, and found him dead. Som.e of 
his hinder parts were torn off, perhaps by the 
wolf. Turning from him they saw three lions 
chasing a hartebeast. At four p. m. one of the 
men killed a fat knoo, about the size of a young- 
cow, which caused great joy to our starving Mat- 
chappees and Mashows. I did not recollect 
having seen more numerous droves of large game 
than during this day, such as quachas, harte- 
beasts, knoos, &c. Living beyond the range of 
guns, they must be seldom molested except by 
lions and wolves. The grass was most abundant, 
higher than the bellies of the oxen, and green as 
if the season had been spring, instead of the 
commencement of winter. We crossed a river 
running to the westward, called Luchakaney, and 
halted on the farther side, at five p. m. among 
trees and long grass. Three Wanketzens, with 
as many pack-oxen belonging to Makabba, passed 
us on their way to Mashow. On the whole we 
considered our course as descending during the 
stage. Sometimes the views to the N. and N. W. 
were very extensive, the whole country appear- 
ing to be a boundless forest. Therm, at noon 66. 
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