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reports, in noticing that it makes only one great 
spring, and if that fails, follows up the attack no 
farther. There are, properly, no tigers in this 
part of Africa, but only panthers and leopards. 
Elephants are hunted by the Hottentots in the 
same manner as in Asia, by digging pits. The 
colonists, however, employ always fire-arms against 
this animal as well as the rhinoceros. The gnu^ 
which appears to hold a middle place between the 
horse and the gazelle, was first noticed by Dr 
Sparmann. The same may be said of that beauti- 
tiful antelope called the spring-bok. Of hippopo- 
tami he could only kill one, too young to afford a 
full idea of the species. He gives a very full 
description of the termites, which appear to be as 
numerous here as they are over the western coast. 
The agreeable species of Cape wine, called Con- 
stantia, is stated by Dr Sparmann to be the pro- 
duce of two farms only ; and it appeared to him, 
that no cause, except some peculiarity of the soil, 
could be assigned for its superior excellence. 
The annual produce of these farms is sixty liggars 
of red, and ninety of white wine ; each liggar 
containing six hundred French pints. If the 
smallness of this quantity appears surprising to 
the reader, he may consider, that much of what is 
sold as Constantia, has nothing in common with 
that celebrated wine except the name* 
