Notes on South African Hunting. 
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Boers. 
murdering my brother when he was wounded ; 
but his was by no means an exceptional case, 
nor was it as brutal as some other murders in¬ 
flicted on natives. I do not know of one single 
condoning feature about them to make them 
differ from beasts possessed by devils, except 
that they walk on two legs. 
The President of the Transvaal, Mr. Kruger, 
is a better educated class of Boer. He it was 
who, when he came to London to make the 
London Convention, happened to pass over 
Westminster Bridge, and said '' Let us wait 
till the crowd passes.” After some hours he 
found out his mistake. 
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All is well that ends well. 
If the perusal of these notes, written though 
they are in the homeliest language, has given 
any of my readers even a rough idea of the 
pleasures and dangers of South African travel 
and sport, my utmost expectations will have 
