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made a most unfortunately good shot, breaking the 

 back of one of the two small ones, which had not been 

 touched by any of the previous bullets. This was 

 bad enough, but worse remained, as humanity im- 

 pelled me to follow up the wounded one so long as 

 there seemed to be a chance of stopping it. Half a 

 mile further A. detected it lying down in long grass. 

 I approached within 10 yards, when it bolted, and was 

 of course killed, turning out to be a miserable female 

 of 17| inches, the young one having measured 12| 

 inches. Thus did I provide my men with nearly 

 500 Ib. of meat which they did not require, and become 

 the possessor of two heads which I should be ashamed 

 to exhibit. Needless to say that I returned to 

 breakfast in a very bad humour with things in 

 general, and with A. in particular. On the way home 

 I saw feeding in the open within 300 yards one hen 

 and two cock ostriches, but these birds are on 

 the list of animals that may not be shot at all. 

 I went out in the evening with A. only, and was some- 

 what surprised to see a tora hartebeest ; and later a 

 herd of about a dozen waterbuck, including a fair 

 male, allowed me to walk past in the open within 

 50 yards. 



May 3rd. Got off at 7.30 a.m., and marched till 

 10.30 a.m., covering 8 miles, and halting undera couple 

 of large fig- trees 2 miles below the junction of the 

 Galegu and Binder. I was rather for trying the 



