Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa; With Notices of the Native Tribes, and Anecdotes of the Chase of the Lion, Elephant, Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, Etc Volume 1 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JOURNEY RESUMED. 51 tance of upward of a mile, through the open glades adjoining the Limpopo, he led me to an unusually vast crocodile, who was lying with his entire body concealed, nothing but his horrid head being visible above the surface of the water, his eyes anxiously watching the movements of eight or ten large bull buffaloes, which, in seeking to quench their thirst in the waters of the river, were crackling through the dry reeds as they cautiously waded in the deep mud that a recent flood had deposited along the edge. Fortunately for the buffaloes, the depth of the mud prevented their reaching the stream, and thus the scaly monster of the river was disappointed of his prey. CHAPTER III. Fearful Descent of De Bruin's Poort?District lately deserted by Elephants?Noble Forest-trees?The Great Fish River?Cunning Boers ?Burning Effects of the Sun?The Dutch Nog's Green Tea Ointment?Skill of the Hottentots in Tapping the Admiral?Beautifully wooded Country?The Village of Cradock?South African Climate?Countless Herds of Springbok ? Mynheer Pocheter?The Way to make a Friend on the Thebus Flats?Hendric Strydom? Hunting for Springbok?Extraordinary Migrations of these Antelopes. My trek-tow having been destroyed during the recent struggles, I was glad to purchase a new one from a man named Mackenzie in Fichett's employ, which he supplied me, together with a strong thorn- wood yoke, for 1. On leaving the farm we proceeded in an easterly course, and struck into a track which in a few hours led us into the high road leading from Grahamstown to Cradock. Having followed this roadfor several miles, we commenced descending through the De Bruin's Poort, where the road winds, in a deep, narrow, and rugged ravine, through dense ever-green underwood, in its descent to the lower ...