30 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



One morning, about an hour after sunrise, Wilson 

 came in with news that five hartebeest were 

 feeding in the vley. We therefore went out to 

 reconnoitre the situation, and when I had chosen 

 a position for a view, he went back to camp for 

 the dogs. Everything turned out as we had hoped. 

 Wilson managed to crawl up to within one hundred 

 and twenty yards of the antelope before they seemed 

 to be thoroughly alarmed, and when he slipped the 

 dogs at them, they raced up together and got to 

 within about twenty-five yards before the antelope, 

 who seemed more curious than frightened, began to 

 move. When they did, they got clean away from 

 the greyhounds, every now and again halting and 

 allowing their pursuers almost to reach them, and 

 then spurting away again with the greatest ease. 

 In fact, the dogs had no chance, and after going 

 about a mile and a half they seemed to have had 

 about enough of it. Jumping off my horse I there- 

 fore took a flying shot at the bull of the herd, 

 breaking his leg above the hock, and with this 

 handicap I made sure we would soon bring him 

 to hand. It was, however, about four hours later 

 before I got close enough to fire a fatal shot. 

 Meanwhile the dogs had dropped out of the hunt. 

 I followed on, sometimes on the spoor, sometimes 

 in view, dismounting and firing when I got near 

 enough, without putting in a fatal shot. Infamous 



