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sometimes broke into the garden ; as it was 

 now four p.m., and the rest of the cattle had 

 taken alarm at the firing, we went in search of 

 others. We presently came across a bull and 

 cow, but they made off before we could get a 

 shot at them ; we then separated so as to cir- 

 cumvent a herd of cattle which we saw in a 

 valley near at hand, one party going round to 

 stalk them, whilst the rest of us posted our- 

 selves in the track we supposed they would take 

 on being alarmed. From our position we had a 

 good view of the stalk, we could see the other 

 party creeping in on the cattle. Presently a 

 rifle-shot rang out sharp and clear, then another 

 and away scampered the herd, leaving one beast 

 on the ground and another wounded ; the first 

 rose again, but dropped to a second shot, the 

 other got away, and the whole herd galloped off 

 without giving us a chance. On joining the 

 others we found they had killed a fine young 

 bull ; it was now getting late, so we retraced 

 our steps to the settlement. There was just 

 light enough remaining to go to the pool after 



