MR. GORDON GUMMING. 
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with, “ Thoro is no news; I hoard some lies only,” and 
then toll all they know. 
This spot was Mr. Gordon Cumming’s farthest station 
north. Our house at Kolobeng having boon quite in the 
hunting-country, rhinocoros and buffaloes several times 
rushed past, and I was ablo to shoot the latter twico from 
our own door. Wo wore favored by visits from this famous 
huntor during each of tho five years of his warfaro with 
wild animals. Many English gentlemen following the 
same pursuits paid tkoir guides and assistants so punc- 
tually that in making arrangements for them wo bad to bo 
careful that four did not go wkoro two only were wanted: 
they know so well that an Englishman would pay that 
they depended implicitly on his word of honor, and not 
only would they go and hunt for fivo or six months in the 
north, enduring all tho hardships of that trying modo of 
life, with little elso but meat of game to subsist on, but 
they willingly went soven hundred or eight hundred rn.'los 
to Graham’s Town, receiving for wages only a musket 
worth fifteen shillings. 
No one ovor docoivod thorn, oxcopt one man; and, as 1 
believed that he was afflicted with a slight degree of the 
insanity of greediness, I upheld tho honor of tho English 
namo by paying his dobts. As tho guides of Mr. Camming 
wore furnished through my influence, and usually got some 
strict charges as to their behavior beforo parting, looking 
upon mo in tho light of a father, they always camo to give 
me an account of their sorvico, and told most of thoso 
hunting-adventures which liavo sinco been given to tho 
world, bol'oro wo had tho pleasure, of hearing our friend 
relate thorn himself by our own firesido. 1 had thus a tolo- 
rably good opportunity of testing their accuracy, and 1 
have no hesitation in saying that, for thoso who lovo that 
sort of thing, Mr. Cumming’s book convoys a truthful idea 
of South African hunting. Some things in it requiro ox 
planation, but tho numbers of animals said to have boon 
met with and killed are by no means improbable, consider- 
