Hunting in Many Lands 



cartridges apiece. This, of course, as I have 

 explained above, does not mean that I have 

 missed eight out of nine antelope, for often 

 the entire nine cartridges would be spent at 

 an antelope which I eventually got. It merely 

 means that, counting all the shots of every 

 description fired at antelope, I had one head 

 to show for each nine cartridges expended. 

 Thus, the first antelope I shot in 1893 cost me 

 ten cartridges, of which three hit him, while 

 the seven that missed were fired at over 400 

 yards' distance while he was running. We saw 

 him while we were with the wagon. As we 

 had many miles to go before sunset, we cared 

 nothing about frightening other game, and, as 

 we had no fresh meat, it was worth while to 

 take some chances to procure it. When I 

 first fired, the prongbuck had already been 

 shot at and was in full flight. He was beyond 

 all reasonable range, but some of our bullets 

 went over him and he began to turn. By run- 

 ning to one side I got a shot at him at a little 

 over 400 paces, as he slowed to a walk, bewil- 

 dered by the firing, and the bullet broke his 

 hip. I missed him two or three times as he 

 plunged off, and then by hard running down 

 a water course got a shot at 180 paces and 



