11/32 They are in full cry; the giraffes hear them and are away, rolling round the koppie like a ship in a heavy sea. See! the foremost dogs are close on a buck. One springs at his flank and misses him. The buck gives a kind of groan, looks wildly round and sees the waggon. He seems to hesitate a moment, then in his despair rushes up to it, and falls exhausted among the oxen. |