AFRICAN CAMP FIRES 



game. The zebra were brilliantly white and black, 

 with magnificent coats. Thompson's and Roberts' 

 gazelles were here in considerable numbers, eland, 

 Roosevelt's wildebeeste, giraffe, the smaller grass 

 antelopes, and a fair number of topi. In the hills we 

 saw buffalo signs, several cheetah, and heard many 

 lions. 



It had been our first plan that C. should return 

 immediately to V.'s boma after supplies, but in view 

 of the abundance of game we decided to wait over a 

 day. We much desired to get four topi; and this 

 seemed a good chance to carry some of them out. 

 Also we wished to decide for certain whether or 

 not the hartebeeste here was really of the Neuman 

 variety. 



We had great luck. Over the very first hill from 

 camp we came upon a herd of about a dozen topi, 

 feeding on a hill across the way. I knocked down 

 the first one standing at just 250 paces. The herd 

 then split and broke to right and left. By shooting 

 very carefully and steadily I managed to xill three 

 more before they were out of range. The last shot 

 was at 325 paces. In all I fired seven shots, and hit 

 six times. This was the best shooting I did in 

 Africa — or anywhere else — and is a first-rate argu- 

 ment for the Springfield and the high velocity, sharp- 

 pointed bullet. 



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