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to find and hving in the roan antelope, and I rode 



with Lee in an opposite direction. AYe proceeded 



for hours, passing at times through a most lovely 



land. Groves and bush of every variety, adorned 



with every hue of summer, autumn, spring, and 



winter ; glades covered with tlie greenest grass, 



o-rowino- thick and short from the roots of the 



herbao-e which liad been Ijumed some weeks pre- 



viously, presented an ideal of forest scenery such 



as I would have hardly imagined even Nature 



herself could have composed on this planet. 



Nothing was wanted save numerous herds of 



buck. Not a living creature did we see till noon. 



Then Lee fired at a rcit-buck a long way off, 



which galloped away. The report of the shot 



brought out of a plantation three roan antelope, 



Avhich stood looking at us about two hundred 



yards away. I dismounted, fired, and away 



they went. Galloping as hard as I could over an 



open space, I got within a hundred 3^ards, jumped 



off, and fired again. This was a lucky bullet. It 



struck one of the antelope in the thigh. This 



antelope separated himself from the two others 



and I made after him. He could not get away 



from me, and I soon got another shot which 



finished him. Lee galloped after the two others 



and shot them both. They Avere all three fine fat 



cows, with nice heads. We had now hard work 



for about two hours, cleaning and covering up the 



three antelopes Avhich lay on the plain more than 



a mile apart. Long grass and branches had to be 



cut and fetched from a distance, and before we 



