152 Men, Mines, AND Animals in South Africa. 



on vour knees or on a stone. Here you have to 

 jump oft' a horse, look through a quantity of trees 

 and bushes, tire from the shoukler, and fire quickly, 

 as the game nearly always sees you as soon as 

 you see it, arid hounds oft'. ^loreover, it is in- 

 credible hoAv difficult it is for an untrained eye to 

 discern these wild animals through the bushes. 

 On more than one occasion, though I possess a 

 tolerably good pair of eyes, Lee has tried in vain 

 for some seconds to show me antelope through the 

 bushes, Avhicli I have Ijeen totally unable to make 

 out. I expect that to be successful after game in 

 the Soutli /Vfrican veldt requires long training and 

 experience. Lee galloped away after the roan 

 antelope tln'ough the bush, helter-skelter. I re- 

 mounted and followed him as best I could, but lost 

 sight of him. I heard Lee lire three sliots, and, 

 on coming up with him. found that lie had got 

 one antelope on the ground, about 80 yards oft", 

 and another badly wounded about 100 yards 

 away, moving off. We followed up the wounded 

 one, and perceived that it was accompanied by 

 another buck, who Avas apparently unwilling to 

 leave it. I o'et a o-ood shot at this one, and kill 

 it, my bullet passing through both shoulders. 

 The wounded one is finished oft' with another shot, 

 and there are now lying on the ground A-.ithin the 

 space of 200 yards three roan antelojje, a big 

 cow with splendid curving horns, and two young- 

 bulls whose horns were shorter and almost straight. 

 Truh" this was a line sight, and one which some 

 English sportsmen would giadlv travel 8000 miles 



