Big Game Shooting 



there is every reason to believe they are big ones, 

 well worth shooting when met with. Ostriches 

 are also to be seen daily, though whether they 

 can be got at remains with the wielder of the 

 rifle. Hartebeest, Granti, Thomsoni, zebra, giraffe, 

 and wildebeest ! Ca va sans dire ! " The poor 

 we have always with us ! " 



After two or three days carry on. Remember 

 food supplies are not to be obtained in front, 

 and we must not wait too long in any one place 

 till we know where we are and how we stand 

 towards the end of our journey. We shall have 

 to retrace our steps on pretty nearly the same 

 route. So, having spied out the land, and where 

 different species are to be found, we shall meet 

 them all again later on our return journey. The 

 next day one crosses either a large shallow marsh 

 or what would be one in the rains. It depends 

 on the time of year when one passes. When I 

 was there in April it was more than knee-deep 

 and about two miles broad, and the duck were 

 there in swarms. A morning after big game, with 

 a good evening shooting duck to follow, is all a 

 man wants, and my friend and I enjoyed it to the 

 backbone. A good camp will be found here, 

 somewhere close at hand, the landmark being two 

 large, strange outcrops of granite rocks sticking 

 up out of the plain, and the left-hand one of the 

 lot is the one to make for. We christened it 

 "Whisky Camp," as we found, to our great 



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