250 Men, Mines, and Animaes in South Africa. 



ao-aiu. Now is the time for a good shot if you 

 have got, as you ought to have done, within two 

 hundred yards of them. After the first shot they 

 make off at a gallop, and the hunter must ride his 

 horse to keep up with them, but it is certainly 

 better, if you desire to kill several of a herd, not 

 to press them too closely, contenting yourself with 

 shootino; from time to time at a somewhat lono-er 

 range, and at the same time not exhausting the 

 powers of your horse. In this way, under the 

 guidance of Lee, I have several times chased good 

 herds of buck for twenty minutes or half an hour, 

 getting manv shots. With this particular herd 

 the old ))ull first oftered me a fair chance, l)ut I 

 missed him; he galloped ofl:'; with my second 

 barrel I hit hard a bio- cow with fine horns. Seeino' 

 she was badlv Avounded and could not gallop very 

 far or fast, I made after her, and soon finished her 

 with another bullet. Lee in the meantime had 

 galloped after the herd, and had laid Ioav a nice 

 young bull, which later turned out to be the most 

 excellent eating. Having " done the civil " (i.e. 

 grallocked and covered up with grass and branches) 

 to our two dead buck, we turned our steps towards 

 the road. On our way we came across the herd 

 of hartebeest originally seen from the kopje whicli 

 had been but slightly disturbed by our cliase after 

 the roan antelope. I got a longish shot at one of 

 these, and, noticing that he turned away from the 

 rest of the herd, galloped after him, thinking that 

 I had Avounded him. I was soon joined in the 

 pursuit by Lee, who dismounted and fired three 



