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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



so close to camp that we could distinctly hear the orders being 

 given to the men. We were within 20 yards of him before we 

 could see him, and at first thought that he was dead, he lay so 

 still, and I could detect no movement of his side even with the 



Blissful ignorance 



aid of binoculars; but a bullet from an 8-bore brought him to his 

 feet with a plunge, and two more killed him. Both these beasts 

 were very old, judging from the smoothness of the frontlet or 

 palm of their horns, the usual ruggedness being quite worn away. 



