But here the hunter in Nimrod an- 

 swered : " If I kill him now, I shall 

 never be able to get him. Wait until 

 he gets out of the water." 



The next few seconds, with that 

 struggling thing in the water, seemed 

 an eternity of agony to me. Then an- 

 other loud bang caused the proud head 

 with its weight of antlers to sink to the 

 wet bank never to rise again. 



Later, as I dried my tears, I asked 

 Nimrod : 



" Where is the place to aim if you want 

 to kill an animal instantly, so that he will 

 not suffer, and never know what hit him?" 



" The best place is the shoulder." He 

 showed me the spot on his elk. 



" But wouldn't he suffer at all ? " 



" Well, of course, if you hit him in 

 the brain, he will never know; but that 

 is a very fine shot. Your target is only 



