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back they will wander, quietly strolling down to 

 the water again. 



You will usually find they are polite and par- 

 ticular in always giving way to the ladies in 

 these daily processions, for the simple reason 

 that the ruffianly old brutes take jolly good care 

 to send their wives and daughters alongr ahead to 

 pick up any dangerous lion or what not before the 

 danger picks up them. 



They have very good eyesight and can spot a 

 moving object a long way off, whilst a whiff of 

 tainted wind sets them off without much chance 

 of their stopping for some little way. However, 

 after their first wild rush for, say, fifty yards, there 

 is every possibility of one or other of them stand- 

 ing to have another look and make assurance 

 doubly sure as to who or what you are. That is 

 the time ; so be sure and stand quietly waiting 

 for that chance instead of running aimlessly about 

 and getting short of breath and therefore shaky. 



If you should see a lot of females standing 

 about grazing but no buck, have a good look 

 all round and it's ten to one you will find him 

 lying on the shady side of a bush till it is time to 

 wake up. A single buck feeding along or seen 

 down at the water will in all probability be a 

 big one — much bigger than those with families. 

 That fact has been corroborated times without 

 number. This is the animal you want as your 

 specimen — none of those half-sized, undergrown 



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