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that the female is invariably larger than the male, 

 but this is the case, and as the horns are difficult 

 to see unless the buck is on the sky-line, or outlined 

 against light grass, the hunter can easily make the 

 mistake of killing the female instead of the male. 

 I did this with the first pair I ever encountered, 

 but on future occasions always used the glass before 

 shooting. To-day I did not fire at one, as no 

 exceptional head was seen, but passed on home- 

 wards until I encountered another herd of Pallah 

 about half a mile from camp. 



There was no one in camp when I arrived there, 

 and as there was yet an hour before sunset, I took 

 a stroll by myself up the river towards the spot 

 where I had seen the big wide Pallah two days 

 ago. Here I encountered three small herds, which 

 each contained fine rams, but nothing exceptional, 

 so I circled homewards again, and had come within 

 600 yards of the camp when a herd of White- 

 bearded Gnus galloped past me and stood at about 

 150 yards. The master bull was a good one, so 

 I gave him a heart shot which caused immediate 

 collapse. By the time I had offskinned the head 

 and neck it was nearly dark, so I made homewards, 

 to find Pullar and Judd all smiles, standing over 

 the skin of a fine male lion the former had just 

 killed. 



Pullar's own account of the evening's hunt is as 

 follows 



" In the afternoon Judd and I mounted and went 

 towards the river for Waterbuck. I missed a good 

 Impalla by shooting over it, and with one leap as 

 high as a tent it bounded off into the bush. Emerg- 



