DISAPPOINTED, 77 and such was indeed the case. The animals, however, got their wind, and went off at a gallop, with their thirst unquenched. For some time longer they waited, in hopes either that they would return, or some other herd make its appearance, or, perchance, that a single bull buffalo might visit the pond ; for often the largest and fiercest bulls separate themselves from the herd, and wander about alone. None, however, arrived. They heard a lion roar, and thought they were going to have a visit from the king of beasts ; but the roar gradually became fainter and fainter, as he evidently made off in the opposite direction. At last a gentle rustling was heard in the grass, and a dik-dik (Naiiotragus hemprichiamis), the smallest of the antelope tribe, and not much bigger than a hare, made its appearance, looking timidly about it for a hidden enemy, before daring to drink, and at the same time uttering the peculiar cry from which it has obtained its name. They did not disturb it, but let it quench its thirst in peace ; and then, having had sufficient excitement for one night, and the moon having gone down, — it being then three o'clock in the morning, — they returned to the tents.