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By obtaining the cover of some low thorn -trees, 

 I got within 200 yards, and hit him rather too low. 

 Unfortunately he kept with the herd, and led me a 

 long chase before he finally left it and lay down, 

 when, after giving him half an hour, I made a 

 fresh stalk, and killed him at 100 yards when he 

 stood up. He had a nice head of 27 inches, but, 

 being very wide, I was somewhat deceived in the 

 matter of length. 



After sending the head home I mounted " Kon- 

 goni " and went south for a few miles, seeing a 

 great quantity of game, including two good Sing- 

 Sing Waterbuck. One of these seemed to carry 

 a good head, but was rather shy, having caught a 

 glimpse of me in the preliminary stalk. However, 

 after moving away to some distance, the best male 

 entered some thin acacia forest, and I was able to 

 advance quickly and catch a sight of him as he 

 walked slowly away at about 200 yards. I then 

 gave a loud whistle, and he turned round at gaze, 

 with his gallant head held high. At such a time 

 the Sing-Sing bull looks very fine, and bears himself 

 with more dignity than most of the antelopes. 

 His glance was fleeting, so I put the sight upon him 

 at once and let go. He fell to the shot, but re- 

 covered and ran some fifty yards before coming to 

 the earth in a cloud of dust. He was a fine specimen 

 with 28|-inch horns, but not as good as one I killed 

 a few days later with horns of 30| inches an 

 unusual length for East Africa. 1 



1 At this camp I also shot a good specimen of the common 

 Waterbuck (C. elipsiprimnus), a rare animal in this district, 

 and seldom found south of the Uganda Railway in this part 

 of Africa. 



