Big Game Shooting 



and more than possible that a lion or other 

 beast of prey may be on the carcase, and 

 have frightened the birds off the feed to the 

 trees. At all events, never rush things. There 

 is no such thing as time in the East. Every 

 man's time is his own, except when columns on 

 the warpath, marching through the jungle, have 

 to meet one another at a certain place and time ; 

 then it is of paramount importance. But then, 

 that is nothing to do with a shooting camp. 



That night we made merry over the water- 

 buck, as it was a trophy worth getting ; and I for 

 one went to sleep in the "peace of Africa" as 

 happy as a king. The day's work is done. 

 Success has crowned our efforts. Surely this 

 outdoor life of absolute freedom, when one has 

 attained one's object, is preferable to a club chair 

 in smoky, foggy old London, where so many say 

 their happiest moments are spent, and where at 

 the same time so very, very many have made the 

 most egregious error of their lives. 



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