Roan Antelope 



ship Dal that evening, as my friend had been 

 distinguishing himself as a game shot. This was 

 a "right and left" too ! It all goes to show that 

 no animal, no matter how tenacious of life he 

 may be, can, when hit in the right place, withstand 

 the tremendous smashing power of the modern 

 small-bore rifle. 



My next introduction to roan was in the same 

 place, with the same herd, but further off In 

 explanation of this seeming " Irishism," I may 

 say that roan are very shy and nervous animals. 

 If you have had a bang at them — a kill or a miss 

 is immaterial — pursue them violently next day so 

 as to strike a supposed position some two miles 

 down wind from where they were met with before ; 

 and, strangely enough, you will find the same 

 herd without a great deal of difficulty. That has 

 been my experience many times in East Africa 

 and Uganda, while at Meshra Zeraf, in the Sudan, 

 I came upon the same herd on three successive 

 days, each time about two miles further away 

 down wind. At the third attempt I got my victim 

 all right. 



The special pals of that herd were tiang, who 

 were always more or less mixed up with it, just 

 in the same way as topi were always clannish with 

 roan in East Africa. I don't suppose the roan 

 necessarily suborned the tiang to do "sentry-go" 

 for them, as they are quite cute enough them- 

 selves to dispense with the aid of any such low- 



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