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and opposite my new camp a couple of doe water- 

 buck, which seemed a good sign. In the afternoon 

 I crossed over to the left bank, and saw no less than 

 four lots of waterbuck, including a very moderate 

 male, which A. wanted me to shoot ; also what looked 

 like a couple of oribi. In fact, there seemed to be 

 lots of game. 



February 8th. Heard an elephant just across the 

 stream at moonset. In the early morning I fired a 

 right and left at guinea-fowl, but failed to bag. 

 I then moved up the right bank, intending to 

 pass a long day on a celebrated meshra. On the 

 way a hartebeest walked right across my path, 

 and the shikaris decided that it was a buck. I could 

 make nothing of the sex, but M. moved and attracted 

 its attention, when I had to take an end-on shot, 

 which took effect right in the apple of the throat. 

 However, the tough beast ran quite 30 yards before it 

 dropped, and turned out to be a nice bull. It weighed 

 325 lb., and measured 12 hands. The head measured 

 17 inches, with an 18-inch span, which is pretty 

 good. In the evening I went up the right bank once 

 more, and saw a family party of five waterbuck and 

 a bushbuck drinking at the big meshra. They got 

 my wind and moved off, but I kept above them 

 on the high ground, and presently the bushbuck 

 crossed me. It was a male, but the trees were very 

 thick, and as I delayed it became suspicious, so that I 



