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zebra, I went farther on. Near a little pool I saw a 

 troop of these creatures, I fired at one of them which 

 immediately set off at a gallop, and passed behind 

 a white-ants' nest. The whole herd followed it, 

 reappearing, and then stopped. In the rear was an 

 animal that seemed fatigued and ill ; I discovered it 

 to be the one I had wounded, and broke its back with 

 a bullet. Great was my astonishment to find my 

 first zebra lying dead behind the ant-hill. There was 

 I with more game than I knew what to do with. I 

 breakfasted at the foot of a tree, while my men cut 

 up some of the meat into quarters and hung it in the 

 trees to keep it out of the way of lions, intending to 

 fetch it the next day. The following day I went out to 

 look for buffalo and was not long in finding a herd of 

 thirty head. I fired at an old bull that was looking 

 at me from a distance of about forty yards. It reared, 

 and set off at a gallop, bellowing loudly. When an 

 animal does this it means that it is mortally wounded. 

 Accordingly I found my beast dead some 200 yards 

 away. The rest of the herd had disappeared before 

 I could fire again. I started to return to the village 

 and had only gone about seven miles when two elands, 

 a very fine bull and a cow, suddenly came out of the 

 thicket at a gallop. I wounded the bull, which fled 

 with difficulty, its lungs being perforated, and killed 

 it after an hour's pursuit. As I was alone, I covered 

 the carcase with grass. Having returned to Gilly, the 

 men who had gone to look for the zebra told me their 



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