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were supplied with horses, and seemed much more at home in the saddle than any other of the Bechuanas.
By a present of a pocket-knife, I induced one of the natives to ride off to the “Bas” and inquire whether he was disposed to let me have some young oxen in exchange for my old ones, if I gave him proper compensation in money and ammunition.
A YOCHOM OF THE KALAHARI CHASING A BLESSBOCK.
While we were taking our mid-day meal, another Makalahari came back from hunting, mounted on a powerful brown mare. Quite imposing in his appearance was this swarthy son of the South African
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