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HE SAW ME AND CHARGED. Page 29. Frontispiece.
HE SAW ME AND CHARGED. Page 29. Frontispiece.




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HUNTERS THREE

SPORT AND ADVENTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA


BY

THOMAS W. KNOX


AUTHOR OF "THE BOY TRAVELLERS," ETC.


ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM M. CARY



NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
31 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
1895




Copyright, 1895,
BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY.




INTRODUCTION

For the last fifty years or more South Africa has beenan attractive field for the hunter in search of large game.Along in the middle of the century it was the paradise ofthe sportsman, as the readers of hunting-stories of that timecan well understand; as time has gone on the game hassteadily diminished, and the hunter of to-day makes but apoor record in comparison with Cumming, Andersson, andother men of the early times. But even at present SouthAfrica is not without attractions for the hunter, though hecan never hope for successes like those which have beenmentioned.

The customary methods of hunting in South Africa were,and still are, for the hunter to outfit in one of the principaltowns along the coast or in the interior, equipping himselfwith wagons, oxen, and horses, and hiring the necessarynumber of people to accompany him in a journey up-country.The lading of the wagons consists of provisions andammunition for the hunter's use, together with variouskinds of goods to be used as presents or for trading-purposesamong the natives. As fast as the provisions areconsumed and the goods are used up, the wagons are loadedwith the ivory of elephants and the skins of other beasts,such as can be sold in the outfitting market. The party willbe absent from the point of outfitting all the way from fourmonths to a year or more, depending upon the luck of thehunter in the slaughter of game, and also upon the preservationof his oxen and horses. Not infrequently he meetswith disaster, his animals dying in the wilderness and leavinghim without motive power for his wagons. In such anevent he must act according to his judgment; sometimes hemay leave his property in the care of a friendly chief, but ifno such personage can be found he must destroy the fruitsof his expedition. It is a rule all through Africa never toabandon goods and allow them to fall into the hands of thenatives. If goods must be left behind, the true Africantraveler always sets fire to them, or in some other wayrenders them worthless.

Down to quite recently it was the custom for hunting-partiesof from two to five or six men to club together, buyan outfit, and go up-country on a hunting-expedition. Ifthey are fairly successful the sale of the ivory and skinsobtained on the expedition will cover all the expenses of it,and frequently leave a l

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