Uganda Cob 



glasses, to decide which is the best head in a 

 herd. 



A telescopic sight is, in my opinion, a most use- 

 ful thing, as, after having located the whole herd 

 with one's glasses and made one's stalk to within 

 shootable distance, one is able by means of it to 

 pick out the best head whilst the rifle is in a posi- 

 tion to be fired and shoot at once, without the 

 double movement of putting down one's glasses 

 and taking up one's rifle, which may mean losing 

 sieht of the animal amonorst the remainder of the 

 herd. 



There is another yet more important advantage 

 gained by the use of a telescopic sight. When 

 one fires at an animal one wishes to kill him 

 and make sure of securing him. This instru- 

 ment enables one to aim more accurately than 

 it is possible to do when using the open V 

 sights. 



I met a large herd of cob recently on the 

 shores of Lake Albert, in the middle of a very 

 open piece of short grass. There wasn't a stick 

 or a stone to hide behind. All we could do was 

 to walk steadily past them in single file, all talking- 

 hard as we did so. Their heads went up as we 

 got closer and they stood still, watching us and 

 not attempting to move ; from our apparent dis- 

 interestedness they must have thought we were 

 natives. We were talking so as to deceive them, 

 and areuinsT which I should shoot at, as it was 



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