18 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



ing through the grass we got a trifle closer, 

 when they either saw or winded us, and went 

 off at a gallop. 



Thinking it likely they would make for the 

 beach I ran down to cut them off, and posted 

 myself in view of a pass I expected them to 

 take. I had hardly reached this when the flock 

 came in sight, headed by an old ram. They saw 

 me instantly and stopped, while the old fellow 

 took stock of me, but I cut short his delibera- 

 tions by a ball through the head; the rest 

 bolted, but had not gone far before the second 

 barrel rolled over another, which I also secured. 

 The flock meanwhile ran right against Packe, 

 who killed one and wounded another, which we 

 afterwards got. We killed altogether five, but 

 four of them were in such poor condition as to 

 be not worth taking back. The old ram I had 

 first killed was tolerably fat, so we took him 

 on board ; the ball had entered his eye, and 

 gone out at the back of the head. It was 

 now getting late, so we retraced our steps 

 towards the ship, shooting a few rabbits 



