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fuppofcd one flock alone could not contain^ 
iefs than from twelve to foiirieen thoiifand* In- 
deed many of the fettlers informed me, thcf 
have feen double that number at one time, 
and have frequently killed three at a fingie 
ihot. We likewife faw vaft quantities of 
guiriea-fowl^ which, after a fliower of rain^ 
are eafiiy caught by the farmers' dogs. 
The zebra or wild afs is common in thefe 
advanced colonies, and we faw many of 
them — OJirkhes v/ere likev/ife numerous. I 
have feen four of them together, and with- 
out being much alarmed at the appearance 
of our caravan. We had fuch plenty of 
venifon at the houfes where we ft opt, that 
our ftock of nine Jheep^ furniftied by honeft 
Englebrocks, was diminifhed but three in 
the courfe of fix days. 
The farmers were accuftomed to the de* 
predations of wild animals, and were there- 
•fore acquainted with their haunts. They 
frequently pointed to certain fpots where 
the buffaloes frequented, and other places 
where the lio72s^ tigers ^^Iffc. Sifr. were known 
to refide. But thefe creatures, however 
tremendous to an European, are not fo a- 
larming to a H&ltentot as the Bojhis-nien. I 
heard io much of thefe favage people, that 
I particularly wiftied to fee a man of the 
fame tnbe. A lucky circumftance occurred 
that gratified my curiofity. A coloniif , at 
whole houfe we fojourned for the night, hadj 
many years before, engaged a party of BoJ/jis* 
mm^ and killed feverai 5 but was fo fortu- 
