But here the hunter in Nimrod an- ^ 

 swered : " If I kill him now, I shall m 



Ay 



never be able to get him. Wait until n' 

 he gets out of the water." ^J 



The next few seconds, with that d 

 struggling thing in the water, seemed ^ 

 an eternity of agony to me. Then an- § 

 other loud bang caused the proud head 

 with its weight of antlers to sink to the 

 wet bank never to rise again. 



Later, as I dried my tears, I asked 

 Nimrod : 



"• Where is the place to aim if you want 

 to kill an animal instantly, so that he will 

 not sufFer,andneverknow whathit him?" 



" The best place is the shoulder." He 

 showed me the spot on his elk. 



"But wouldn't he suffer at all?" 



" Well, of course, if you hit him in 

 the brain, he will never know ; but that 

 is a very fine shot. Your target is only 







