jackals trotting along in pairs, or a grim hyena slouch¬ 
ing off to his lair. This is the hour when (if ever) you 
may encounter some of the “ unseen world ”—the 
otocyon and aard-wolf, the ratel and mongoose, great 
and small. Beyond, on the open veld, are antelopes 
and gazelles, zebras, and perhaps giraffes, scattered, 
feeding, far and wide. Later on, in the hot hours, these 
assemble into troops, resting during the noontide heat, 
and less conspicuous. 
True, during those hot hours, the game, even the 
sentries, may be less intensely vigilant—more easy of 
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when in a few more minutes the sun will have drunk 
up every drop of moisture ? This hour—that of breaking 
day—and those which succeed it, say till 10 a.m., are 
those which we Northerners, we of the thin white skin, 
can enjoy to the full. Cool, delicious breezes recall a 
summer’s day at home; but here one may see a hundred 
sights one cannot see at home. There go the creatures 
of night, retreating before the coming day—perky 
