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BIG GAME SHOOTING 



yards of it, I decided to take the 

 neck shot ; but just as I was getting 

 into position to fire the beast saw 

 me. Fearing it would bolt on dis- 

 covering me, I took a quick aim at 

 the shoulder, rather than risk the 

 neck shot, knowing that if the bullet 

 did not hit the tree it would be 



' Often attended by birds ' 



