. A hunter's wanderings in Africa, being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa, containing accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the river Chobe, and in the Matabele and Mashuna countries, with full notes upon the natural history and present distribution of all the large M__a_m_m_a_i_a . <. ^m^ ^ CHAPTER II Kuruman—Seventy-eight Elephants shot—Bechuana Chief, Montsua—Sccheli — Bamangwato — Scenery — Hard-working Missionaries —First Girafte Hunt—Lost in the Veldt—Great Sufterings—Cold—Hunger—Thirst—Ninety Hours Fast—Loss of Salted Hors
. A hunter's wanderings in Africa, being a narrative of nine years spent amongst the game of the far interior of South Africa, containing accounts of explorations beyond the Zambesi, on the river Chobe, and in the Matabele and Mashuna countries, with full notes upon the natural history and present distribution of all the large M__a_m_m_a_i_a . <. ^m^ ^ CHAPTER II Kuruman—Seventy-eight Elephants shot—Bechuana Chief, Montsua—Sccheli — Bamangwato — Scenery — Hard-working Missionaries —First Girafte Hunt—Lost in the Veldt—Great Sufterings—Cold—Hunger—Thirst—Ninety Hours Fast—Loss of Salted Horse—Heartlessness of Natives—The Lost found—First Lion seen—Tati Gold Fields—Mashuna Diggings. At length we had everything ready, and in the endof April 1872, Sadlier, Dorehill, and I crossed theVaal river and trekked away towards Kuruman,where we knew we should strike the main waggontrack to the interior. It was not until the 26th ofMay that we reached Kuruman, although it is inreality only a {qw days journey from the DiamondFields ; this was chiefly owing to my horses runningaway from a place called Daniels Kuil back toGriqua Town, and then scattering over the country,causing a delay of a fortnight before I could recoverthem. Kuruman was by far the prettiest spot I had yetseen in Africa. In the first pla
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