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a noise ; ancl if so, all I can say is, that the ears of 
Bushmen must be differently constructed, or rather, 
very differently trained, from ours. 
The booty, which had fallen into our hands so 
opportunely, was at once drawn and quartered, and 
breakfast was prepared. Then, all three working- 
together, we dragged the heavy carcases, weighing some 
six hundred pounds in all, to the fire, and completely 
covered them with bushes. The Bushmen and Maka- 
OUR GAME WAS ALARMED. 
lakas, before they go hunting, always throw their magic 
dice, little bits of ivory marked with dots and other 
signs, and from the way they fall they know before¬ 
hand what will be the result of their expedition. In 
the present instance the dice-throwing lasted at least a 
quarter of an hour ; then my guides got up, pointed to 
the right bank of the stream with their long spears, 
shouldered one of my reserve guns each, and we 
pushed on. 
A hunt in this part of Africa differs from the tame 
