SOUTHERN AFRICA. 415 
o'clock in the afternoon the mercury of Fahrenheit stood at 
97° in the shade ; and the same evening, at eight, it was 
down to 62°. The weather was now generally too hot for the 
exposure and the exertion which hunting requires ; but the 
larger kinds of game are at such times proportion ably tamer, 
and they Avere not therefore prevented from continuing this 
diversion. In the neighbourhood of Fatanie a party of 
sportsmen killed an old stallion and a mare of the large yel- 
lowish-coloured quacha, striped over the whole body, and 
precisely the same as that above described.; which may be 
considered as a corroborative proof of this animal being a 
distinct species of the horse kind, and not merelj'' a variety 
of the common quacha. The same party brought home also 
a couple of the palla antelopes. 
On the 21st, as they proceeded on the journey, a large bull: 
bulfalo Avas shot near the waggons. The face of the country 
was now literally covered with game, among which a new 
and remarkable animal presented itself The head resembled 
that of a cow, but the body and legs were those of an an- 
telope. The Booshiianas called it the Takheitse, or, as the 
Hottentots interpreted the name, the Wicked Creature. Be- 
ing remarkably swift, they did not succeed in obtaining an 
individual of this species ; but Mr. Daniell, it seems, took 
gi-eat pains to get near enough to one of them to make a 
drawing, of which he has given a representation in his 
valuable and interesting publication of African scenery and 
animals. It seems this creature is very dangerous to ap- 
proach when wounded, and particularly so in the rutting 
season, when the Booshiianas are extremely careful not to 
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