XVIII THREE ANTELOPE SHOT 313 



hands and knees. As I raised my head cautiously over 

 its crest, I saw three antelope standing between 150 and 

 200 yards off, and looking towards me. Apparently 

 they had seen us when we, a few minutes before, had 

 detected them, but had not quite clearly made out what 

 the danger was. The three looked to have about the 

 same sized horns, so selecting one which was three- 

 quarters broadside on to me, and passing my finger over 

 the leaves to make sure the permanent sight only was 

 up, I took a fine sight and fired at his shoulder. He 

 dropped to the shot, and the next bullet I sent after one 

 of his companions as he bolted, but without effect. As I 

 was putting in another cartridge, I saw a buck I had not 

 before noticed come running down from a hollow to my 

 right. As, if he stopped, he would give me a nice broad- 

 side shot, and there was every probability of his doing 

 so, I waited, and after going a few yards he came to 

 a standstill, looking in my direction, and evidently not 

 clear as to what was the matter. I explained things to 

 him by putting a bullet into his chest, upon which he 

 staggered forward for a few yards, and then rolled over. 

 Meantime, the other two had been bolting away 

 to my left across the stream, so, running forward to 

 where I could get a better view, I sent my last few 

 bullets after the nearer one. One of these, fired 

 with a full bead and the 300 yards' sight up, dropped 

 him at what must have been quite 400 yards, and 

 the last of this group of four continued his way alone 

 and untouched. I then got up and went to inspect 

 the fallen. The first was just alive, but the second 

 was stone dead. 



