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Show 1^97.] OF THE GENUS CERVICAPRA. 895 which the Vaal Bhebuck occur. The temptation was great, as at that time I had not a single good head in m y possession, so naturally enough I accepted at once, and after a ten hours' ride reached Kruger's Post, on the western slope of the Berg. I had good sport, and had already secured several fine heads of the ordinary Mountain Beedbuck, when, in conversation with a Boer who had ridden with me out shooting, I learned that on the summit of a high spur of the Steenkamp range, in the direction of the Steel-poort Biver, some white ' Booi Bhebuck ' were supposed to occur. In answer to m y question, he informed m e that he himself had only seen the skin of one, a half-grown ewe, which had been caught by a Kafir in a springe. The latter had told him that there were many others in the range, but that the ascent of the range was exceedingly steep and difficult, and could not ba managed on horseback. " The mere fact that so little seemed to be known of this Antelope aroused m y curiosity to such an extent, that I did not rest satisfied till I secured the co-operation of three Boers, living in the district, who knew the range, and who agreed to ride out with m e to point out the spot. Accordingly one dark dull morning at 2 A.M. we saddled up our horses and set out, but were unfortunately detained for nearly an hour at dawn, owing to a dense, cold fog, which hung over the whole country, and through which it was impossible to distinguish any object at over twenty paces. We were further delayed on the slope of a rocky spur by seeing a troop of seven Mountain Beedbucks galloping away in front of us ; we gave chase and eventually shot two of them. After an ' off-saddle ' we resumed our course, and at last about 9 A.M. reached the foot of the hill, where we again off-saddled for refreshment and to make our plans for the ascent of the ridge. From the spot where we halted I should judge the summit to be about 1900 ft. high ; but the ascent was certainly likely to be very difficult, the whole face of the slope being strewn with huge granite boulders and patches of dense scrub. When confronted with the task before them, two of m y companions refused to go any further with me, but Mr. Hendrik Schoeman said he would go, so we once more saddled up and rode up amongst the boulders as far as we could ; then handing our horses over to the others, who promised to meet us in the afternoon at a kraal some 5 miles distant, Schoeman and I tackled the ascent, and gaiued the summit about 2\ hours later. The general appearance of the spur, looking N.E. and S.W., was that of an irregular plateau wdth a rocky ridge running longitudinally along it. " One side of the plateau was bounded abruptly by a sheer precipice, while on the other side it sloped off somewhat more gradually towards the Steelpoort in a series of lesser, broken plateaux, thus giving me the idea that it could be more easily ascended from that side. A few scattered ' sugar-bushes ' grew in places, and the grass was short and wiry. As our time was limited we decided to hunt the S.W. end of the spur, m y companion taking the left, |