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into the bulls. The large flock of sheep that passed this 

 way last night must have disturbed them, and they had 

 climbed high ; but for this circumstance, I am sure we 

 should have found them on the level in one of the grassy 

 plots. We backed round the corner at once and made 

 camp under the hill, well concealed from the dongs above, 

 and at two o'clock began the stalk, passing up the Kahing 

 valley until we got past the point where our game was. 

 We had to go this distance to get the right side of the 

 wind, which was blowing up the valley. It took us an 

 hour's steady climbing to get near the top of the ridge, 

 and, as we approached the point we were making for, I 

 thought to myself that if the bulls appeared on the crest 

 above we should be fairly caught, and that the rifles 

 ou"ht to be uncovered and loaded ; but such is the 

 perversity of human nature that I only thought, and put 

 off action until the very thing that was running in my 

 mind happened. When we were eighty yards from the 

 ridge, an immense black form rose slowly above the sharply- 

 defined sky-line and came slowly along the crest, looming 

 twice its actual size against the deep blue above ! We 

 flattened ourselves among the stones in an instant, I 

 tearing madly at the cover of the "500 Express, wliile 

 Paljour presented two cartridges with a trembling hand. 

 The bull, however, did not see us, and the wind for once 

 was right. The beast seemed half asleep and very lazy ; he 

 moved along very slowly, and gave me a splendid chance. 

 The first bullet told loudly, and was answered by a flourish 

 of the bushy tail, but the second shot missed him. I just 

 had time to reload when the other bull came along, but 

 only the top of his back showed above the crest, and the 

 bullet passed over him harmlessly. We rushed over the 

 ridge, and followed the tracks till we had the two animals 

 again in sight in a small valley below, and about a mile 



