Outing . HEADQUARTER TENTS AH AD^mHTUKm WflTH pi^RK/MH UONl. W>y Tr^.bzr <@,&tf}©w®° w ITH twowagons,a lightshoot-ing- cart, myZulu head-man,Jan, his fivewagon-boys, theMakololo track-er, Mbpako,and my Ameri-can darky strik-er, Dick, I hadfollowed the Chobe clear beyond thelimit of native settlements, and wasencamped by one of the small headstreams. The veldt was here fadinginto desert, but was still fair grazingland for the countless buck that passedto and from it with the rains. The Chobe country is not the gameland it used to be ; for, where I was,even no longer than nine years ago, I
Outing . HEADQUARTER TENTS AH AD^mHTUKm WflTH pi^RK/MH UONl. W>y Tr^.bzr <@,&tf}©w®° w ITH twowagons,a lightshoot-ing- cart, myZulu head-man,Jan, his fivewagon-boys, theMakololo track-er, Mbpako,and my Ameri-can darky strik-er, Dick, I hadfollowed the Chobe clear beyond thelimit of native settlements, and wasencamped by one of the small headstreams. The veldt was here fadinginto desert, but was still fair grazingland for the countless buck that passedto and from it with the rains. The Chobe country is not the gameland it used to be ; for, where I was,even no longer than nine years ago, Ifound more buck than I knew what todo with, the spoor of elephants wasnot uncommon, and the lions werebolder and far more numerous than Ihad ever hoped to find them. In thatregion they follow the migrating the day preceding the night ofwhich I have to tell, Jan and I founda big leopard lazily sprawling in theshade of a great rock near the river. Ikilled the big beauty with a single bar-rel. His green hide, together with asaddle of vilderbees
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