. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . dawn until we trekked,which we did about 10 A. M., large herds of game kept pouringin to drink from every side, completely covering the open space,and imparting to it the appearance of a cattle fair; blue wilde-beests, zebras, sassaybies, pallahs, springboks, &c., capered fear-lessly up to the water, troop after troop, within two hundred yardsof us. In former years a tribe of Bechuanas had frequented thisfountain, and I beheld the skeletons of many rhinoceroses and ofone elephant bleaching in the sun; but the powerful and cruelMatabili had attacked the tribe
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . dawn until we trekked,which we did about 10 A. M., large herds of game kept pouringin to drink from every side, completely covering the open space,and imparting to it the appearance of a cattle fair; blue wilde-beests, zebras, sassaybies, pallahs, springboks, &c., capered fear-lessly up to the water, troop after troop, within two hundred yardsof us. In former years a tribe of Bechuanas had frequented thisfountain, and I beheld the skeletons of many rhinoceroses and ofone elephant bleaching in the sun; but the powerful and cruelMatabili had attacked the tribe, and driven them to seek a homeelsewhere. I shot a pallah and a wildebeest, which we securedbehind the wagons. About 10 A. M. we inspanned, and withina mile of Lepeby we passed through another similar open vley,containing a strong fountain of delicious water. We continuedour march till sundown through an undulating open country,thinly covered with detached trees and thorny bushes, and en-eamped in a sandy desert without ADVENTURE WITH ELEPHANTS. 309
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