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THE HUNTER'' S ARCADIA. 



course to the left, when she got the second barrel close 

 behind the point of the shoulder ; a heavy lurch 

 and powerful effort to keep her legs followed, which 

 was so far successful that the wounded animal 

 succeeded in regaining her original shelter. 



It is most dangerous at any time to follow a 

 wounded buffalo into thick cover, more especially 

 for white men to do so, as their clothing militates 

 against their activity, and marks them out as a special 

 object of attack. Although we all knew this, and 

 our friend was equally well informed, to follow up his 

 game he was determined upon ; so with two of the 

 Kaffirs he took up the spoor. However, they had 

 not to go far before they found the prey, dead, and 

 a calf only a day or two old by the carcase. I mention 

 this as a proof of what loopers can do at short range 

 when used by a person who has nerve to withhold 

 his fire till the quarry is but a short distance from him, 

 not as a recommendation for their employment. At 

 the same time, let those who choose to use them do 

 so, but let me have the bullet ; for it is certainly a far 

 more sportsmanlike missile, and can be successfully 

 used at distances where the other would be perfectly 

 useless. 



