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ourselves started for the waggons with our gun- 

 carriers, who also carried a few of the choicest 

 portions of the meat. I may here remark that it is 

 difficult to imagine anything more tasty and succulent 

 than a steak off a young giraffe cow, when in good 

 condition, though it may be that hunger, the sauce 

 with which I have always eaten it, has something to 

 do with this opinion. Whilst riding back to the 

 waggons along the river bank, I shot a fine koodoo 

 bull. 



On the afternoon of the following day, we 

 inspanned the waggon, and trekked down the 

 Ramokwebani. Dorehill rode on in front, and 

 coming across two giraff^es on a large flat near the 

 river, had a glorious run after them across the open, 

 and galloping right past the one, killed the other, 

 a young bull, on the edge of a little gully, close to 

 which, and within twenty yards of the carcase, we 

 outspanned for the night. 



Being now well supplied with meat, we resolved 

 to shoot no more giraffe until it was all finished ; 

 but on the following day, some Masaras coming to 

 the waggons and begging us to kill some game for 

 them, as they were hungry, we thought that we 

 might again take the field with good consciences ; 

 so, telling . them they must try and show us some 

 big game, either eland, buffalo, or girafi^e, we saddled 

 up and followed them forthwith. 



Crossing the river, they made straight for a range 

 of hills running parallel with it ; and before we had 

 proceeded very far, their sharp eyes detected in some 

 hard ground the spoor of a herd of giraffe, which, 

 on further inspection, turned out to be quite fresh. 

 Whilst following it we put up a large snake, which 

 we promptly despatched with sticks. It proved to 



