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minister through piggy’s monstrous nostrils quantum sufficit of 
chloroform. “ Grunt,” naturally fond of sleep, was soon in the land 
of forgetfulness, when our hero in the “ blue frock ” very conveni- 
ently extracted the requisite portion of vital fluid, leaving the pig, 
after being scalded, cut up, and salted, apparently not a whit 
the wiser for what had passed. — Scottish Farmer and Gardener's 
Chronicle. 
The Rhinoceros. 
After travelling four days over a dry and trackless part of the 
country, occasionally meeting with a few of the poor Bechnanas, 
we came to a fine valley, Mosite, in which were some pools, and 
plenty of game, especially the rhinoceros. Having shot one of 
these ponderous animals, we halted a day to prepare the meat, by 
cutting it up into slices, and hanging it in the sun to dry. One 
would have been more than sufficient for our company; and it was 
only at the urgent request of the poor people that a couple more 
were shot, as they very rarely succeed in killing such animals, ex- 
cept it be in a pit-fall. — Robert Moffat's Labours and Scenes in 
Southern Africa. 
Wild Dogs’ Chase. 
During our stay at this place, a circumstance occurred which 
may throw some light on the habits of these people, while it 
confirms the old adage, “ that the one-half of the world does not 
know how the other half lives.” It was at noonday when a fine 
large hartebeest (Khama of the Bechuanas), the swiftest of the 
antelope species*, darted close by our wagon, and descended 
towards the extensive valley. Started by so unusual an occur- 
ence, one of the natives called out, “It is the wild dogs and 
presently the whole pack made their appearance, following their 
leader, which was pursuing the antelope. We seized our guns to 
attack them as beasts of prey. The poor people who were sitting 
around their flesh-pots started up and followed, begging of us 
most earnestly not to kill the wild dogs, for they were their pro- 
viders. We of course laid down our guns again, and directed our 
* “ The Hartebeest is one of the finest animals of the antelope family; 
it is fleet, and graceful in its gait. The male is about seven feet long and 
five feet high, with handsome recurested horns growing from approximated 
bases. The female is of a smaller size. The flesh is good, and bears a 
considerable resemblance to beef.” Pringle . — There are immense herds of 
these animals in the interior, and generally of a larger size than the above. 
