CHAPTER IV.

FROM THE NATASPRUIT TO TAMASETZE.

Saltbeds in the Nataspruit--Poisoning jackals--A good shot--An alarm--The sandy pool-plateau--Ostriches--Travelling by torchlight--Meeting with elephant-hunters--The Madenassanas--Madenassana manners and customs--The Yoruah pool and the Tamafopa springs--Animal-life in the forest by night--Pit’s slumbers--An unsuccessful lion’s-hunt--Watch for elephants--Tamasetze 70