BABOONS. 
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Free State and the Transvaal Republic, but Natal is 
the garden of South Africa, Merico country a good 
second. 
Whilst living alone at the Inanda, to kill time, I 
used to hunt baboons with some powerful deerhounds. 
Great numbers of these baboons lived on an over¬ 
hanging crantz, and came some distance from their 
stronghold early in the morning to the Kaffir mealie 
gardens. Often I have seen a young one run into 
by Hopeful or Crafty, when the old males have 
instantly come to the rescue, beaten off the dogs and 
carried the young one off in safety, barking savagely. 
One day a tremendous fellow marched past the house. 
I immediately looed the dogs on, and had a good chase 
for a couple of miles ; being hard pressed, he endea¬ 
voured to climb a tree, when the dogs hauled him 
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