. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . ^ juice, and sometimes from the jaws of snakes. The bowbarely exceeds three feet in length ; its string is of twisted sinewsWhen a Bushman finds an ostrichs nest, he enscones himself init, ind there awaits the return of the old birds, by which meanahe generally secures the pair. It is by means of these httle arrowa ^(J4 HUNTING THE ORYX. that the majority of the fine plumes are obtained which grace thf heads of the fair throughout the civiHzed world. It was now the height of summer, and every day the heat ofthe sun was terri^c, but there was gen
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . ^ juice, and sometimes from the jaws of snakes. The bowbarely exceeds three feet in length ; its string is of twisted sinewsWhen a Bushman finds an ostrichs nest, he enscones himself init, ind there awaits the return of the old birds, by which meanahe generally secures the pair. It is by means of these httle arrowa ^(J4 HUNTING THE ORYX. that the majority of the fine plumes are obtained which grace thf heads of the fair throughout the civiHzed world. It was now the height of summer, and every day the heat ofthe sun was terri^c, but there was generally a breeze of wind,and the nights were cool. Our vley was daily decreasing, and1 saw that, unless we were visited by rains, it would soon beno more. On the morning of the 22d I had rather an absurdadventure with a porcupine, which cost me my pack-saddle, theonly thing of the sort I had in camp. Long before day-break Isaddled up, and rode north with my two after-riders and a sparehorse with the pack-saddle. As day dawned I came upon ahandsome old porcupine, taking his morning airing. At hrstsight he reminded me of a badger. Unwilling to discharge myrifle, as. it was probable that we were in the vicinity of oryx, Iresolved to attempt his destruction with the thick end of my jambok, the porcupine, like the seal, being easiVy killed with ablow on the nose. I jumped o
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