Big Game Shooting 



for in the localities named, one has a fair chance 

 of coming across them, though whether they are 

 actually brought to book is a different bag of 

 tricks. 



One hears the same old lament from every 

 shooting party on its return : " Yes, but I saw for 



half a minute a really splendid , but, just 



like my luck, missed him." 



One of the animals I can only casually men- 

 tion is the beautiful sable antelope, because I 

 know nothing about him. The only place he is 

 found in is the Shimba Hills, some twenty-five 

 miles from Mombasa, but they are few and far 

 between, and their heads are small, besides which 

 the locality is difficult, and there is usually a lack 

 of water. 



The sable is a little smaller than the roan, but 

 is very similar in shape and style, though with 

 smaller ears and larger horns. The body colour 

 is very different — black in the bull and dark brown 

 in the cow, with the belly white and the face 

 marked much like the roan's, but with more white. 



If the visitor intends returning to Europe by 

 the Nile and Cairo, which is rather a popular 

 route nowadays, there are other animals he may 

 meet on the way, notably : — 



The Uganda Kob. 



White-eared Kob. 



Mrs. Gray's water-buck (a most beautiful 

 animal). 



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