CHAPTER XVIII. 



GOOD SPORT. 

 Klipspringers Aard-vark. 



I AM a great believer in the efficacy of a charge of 

 buckshot at close quarters, but twenty-five yards is 

 nearly double what should be considered that 

 distance ; so that it is far from certain whether I 

 was justified in discharging both barrels of my gun 

 at this formidable animal, more especially as my aim, 

 through the defective light, must have been anything 

 but certain. However, I did so, and probably should 

 do so again under similar circumstances. But I do 



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not make this assertion with a view of inducing 

 others to do likewise, for old hands are known to 

 take liberties which would be condemned as un- 

 pardonable in younger votaries of the chase. 



I can well imagine any old Indian sportsman, 

 whose eyes may chance to read these experiences, 



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