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the thick bush by these pests during the fly season. 

 Game will then constantly be found in open spaces, 

 among heavy patches of fern, or where there are 

 mountains or hills, upon bare ground on the higher 

 wind-blown slopes, among rocks and large stones, or 

 beneath the shade of scattered trees and bushes. Bushy 

 ravines and stream beds, which seam the sides of most 

 mountains, are also frequent places of resort at these 

 times, together with detached patches of dwarf bush 

 and other cover. If the hunter is accompanied by 

 attendants it is often a good plan to walk along to 

 leeward of these places, and by merely sending a man 

 round to pass along to windward, and make a certain 

 amount of noise, any game hiding in these places is 

 apt to come out on the side where the gun is, or to try 

 to escape down the gully through the bush. The 

 sportsman should therefore take care to keep well ahead 

 of his beater, and in certain sorts of country which is 

 unfavourable for stalking game in its lair, a good many 

 shots may be obtained in this manner, which probably 

 could not be got in any other way. They will how- 

 ever be necessarily mostly running shots. 



In hot weather when flies are bad, some kinds of 

 game will at these times resort to the waters, and lie 

 down in the shallows, with only their heads out. The 

 true buffalo of all kinds are particularly addicted to 

 this practice. On the banks of the Nile for instance, 

 it is quite common to see the tame buffalo of Egypt, 

 which we believe to be the same animal as the wild 

 one in the domesticated state, lying in the river, with 

 merely the face and nose uncovered. These animals 

 will also wallow in the mud of swamps, until the whole 

 body is encased in a thick covering of mud, which 



