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WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WAYS 
CHAP. 
The two dogs which I engaged were Cabre 
and Mora. 
Cabre was only twelve months old; he was 
a black dog, with smooth hair. Mora was 
the same colour, but rather long in the coat. 
Both were about 26 inches at the shoulder. 
These animals became my staunch companions, 
although Cabre never took to Europeans; he 
did not exhibit the slightest regard for myself 
personally, but he was enthusiastic in sport, and 
the report of the rifle was quite sufficient to 
awaken the keenest delight, as he knew that 
some animal was either killed or wounded. 
Mora, on the contrary, was affectionate, although 
savage to a degree when game was to be 
attacked. 
I once broke the fore leg of a fine old buck 
at a long shot, and it went across country as 
though untouched, the bone being fractured just 
above the knee. Cabre was with me alone, and 
he ran that buck single-handed for upwards of 3 
miles. We had lost both antelope and dog, and 
I followed upon a fast elephant, inquiring of 
every native whom we met working in the fields 
whether he had seen anything of the hunt. 
Every man told the same story; he had seen a 
buck followed by a dog, and they had taken a 
certain direction, which was pointed out. At 
length, after a long search upon a boundless 
plain of cultivated ground, bright green with 
young wheat about 6 inches high, I made out 
