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perceive him some distance ahead, and if practicable 

 every member of the tracking party should be armed. 

 A dog would, of course, be of the greatest utility, 

 but dogs in the Sudan are scarce. The rifle should be 

 of heavy calibre, though a soft-nosed bullet will 

 suffice, and probably inflict a more severe wound 

 than a solid. The horns are a very characteristic 

 trophy, small, but well-shaped and massive, with not 

 more than an inch or so of skin between the bases. 

 The feet make nice trophies, but the hide is worthless, 

 although one's hunters will be glad of it, and, of 

 course, consume all the meat. I am told that the 

 herds on the White Nile will occasionally charge 

 on sight, but my own experience of this class of 

 game is that they are inoffensive unless molested, 

 and I trust that the day of their extermination is 

 far distant. 



The giraffe is an animal that I never attempted to 

 shoot, as it has always appeared to me to be better 

 suited for zoological collections and museums than 

 as a trophy for the sportsman. It is still found 

 in small numbers on the Settit, and in larger numbers 

 throughout the uninhabited tracts on both sides of 

 the Binder, between the Rahad and Blue Nile. It 

 drinks at night, and travels long distances after- 

 wards, so that one rarely sees it except when tracking 

 other game, or crossing waterless tracts between the 

 great rivers. It is totally harmless, unless one comes 



