Big Game Shooting 



him three more in a quarter of an hour. But 

 that is really quite a common occurrence. 



They are extremely numerous each in his own 

 district, and are the most difficult beast, I think, 

 to get close to, as they invariably have their 

 sentries posted in a wonderful fashion. In fact, 

 so vigilant are they that it is a well-known thing, 

 and very common withal, that other species of 

 game have two or three hartebeest tacked on to 

 their strength to help keep watch for them. 



A gallant major, who is a well-known sports- 

 man in Siberia, told me that he had christened 

 them " nasty beasts," and I was not surprised 

 either ! 



One has to take up one's rifle prepared to shoot 

 really straight, as unless hit in the right place at 

 the first time of asking, you may follow him for 

 a whole morning or more, and then lose him. It 

 is wonderful what a distance they will go with 



a " swinger." 



Their flesh is coarse and not much good for 



eating. 



To my mind every hartebeest head is spoilt 

 unless one keeps the mask, as, their faces being 

 so long and cadaverous-looking, it is only their 

 ears that help to save the situation, when set up 

 on the walls of one's baronial hall. 



Talking about long shots, these are the only 

 animals, Coke's in particular, which it is per- 

 missible to take on at three hundred, or some- 



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