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shady o-rove, overhana'ing a, small rocky river, 

 which a]:»|)eared to offer an attractive position for 

 a camp. Here ^ve outspanned at midday. A 

 kraal was soon constructed of luish and branches 

 for ourselves, and another for the mules and horses. 

 In the afternoon we started out liuntino*. Again 

 we came upon a solitary hartebeest bull. I got a 

 o'ood shot at this felloA^-. as he A^as facins: me about 

 one hundred vards off, but did not hit him. Sir 

 John Willoughliv and Lee galloped after him, but 

 failed to secure him. Soon after a sable antelope 

 bull was seen a long way off. Getting oft' my 

 horse, I crawled to an ant-hill, on looking over the 

 summit of which I perceived mv friend at least 

 three hundred vards awav. There was no o-ettino- 

 nearer to him, so, resting my rifle on the ground, 

 I fired. He also was lacing me, and offered but a 

 small mark. Alas ! my bullet Avent but a very few 

 inches to the right of him, and he scamiDcred off, 

 hotly pursued by my companions, who got four 

 shots at him. Lee brought him doA\ii. He was a 

 fine old bull, with good horns. It was now dusk, 

 and having " gralloched "" the antelope and covered 

 him with long grass and branches to preserve him 

 for a time from the A'ultures and jackals, ^XQ re- 

 turned to our camp. .Vt davlu-eak we started off 

 again in the same direction as on the previous 

 evening. Soon we came upon a herd of about a 

 dozen hartebeest, and had a right good chase over 

 two miles or more of varied country. Each of us 

 got four or five shots. Lee, as usual, killed one, a 

 cow ; Sir John Willoughby and I wounded one 



