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was able; after a mile or two it lay down, but rose as he 

 came near, and went off again, while he was so blown 

 that though, with four shots, he hit it twice he failed to kill 

 it. He now had but one bullet left, after which he knew 

 that the rifle would jam again; and it was accordingly 

 necessary to kill outright with the next shot. He was 

 just able to keep close to the bull for a half-mile, then it 



Giant bull eland 

 From a photograph by Kermit Roosevelt 



halted; and he killed it. Leaving the shenzi by the car- 

 cass, he went off to see about the wounded cow, but after 

 an hour was forced to give up the chase and return, so as 

 to be sure to save the bull's skin. The gun-bearers and 

 another shenzi had by this time reached the. dead eland; 

 they had only Kermit's canteen of water among them. 

 One of the shenzis was at once sent to camp to bring back 

 twenty porters, with rope, and plenty of water; and, with 

 parched mouths, Kermit and the gun-bearers began to 

 take off the thick hide of the dead bull. Four hours later 

 the porters appeared with the ropes and the water; the 



