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caravan and put on the pace when he was out of 

 sight. When I crawled up the swell over which he 

 had disappeared, I found him feeding about 100 

 yards below me. As he turned and gave me a 

 broadside chance I got in a good shot and bowled him 

 over. This was a chance indeed, and I was delighted 

 to get the specimen. He carried quite the best pair 

 of horns I had ever seen on a roebuck. I called up 

 the ponies, we gralloched him, packed him, and pro- 

 ceeded on our way. 



Towards evening we got to our camp-ground on 

 what my hunter said was a very good heat for a 

 "boghe." Having pitched camp, etc., it was too 

 late to hunt, so turned in in good time with the view 

 of an early start the next morning. I was up long 

 before the lark ; in fact, it did not get light before 

 we had proceeded a couple of miles, when we found 

 ourselves on a rolling tract of down-land interspersed 

 with forest patches. Here my hunter made signs to 

 me to sit down and wait. We took up a command- 

 ing situation under cover, and set to work to spy the 

 surrounding country. Presently my hunter touched 

 me and pointed. About half-a-mile from where I 

 sat I saw a hind emerge from a patch of forest, soon 

 followed by another and another, until about a dozen 

 were grazing in the open, but as yet no sign of a 

 stag. My usual luck ! This was 25th August. 

 Surely the rutting season must be coming on. Where 

 are the stags ? I looked towards my hunter. " Boghe 

 yok " no stag ! He pointed. Hurrah ! there he 

 was just emerging after his " hareem." Oh, such a 



