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nearer, I sat up. The whole herd was then in view. 

 The buck whose horns I had seen was standing: broad- 

 side on, looking at me. To his right were the three 

 does, and a good way ahead, and much the furthest off, 

 was the other buck. 



I aimed at the first, and had the satisfaction to see 

 him drop to the shot. The second buck did not attempt 

 to run away, but stood watching his companion struggling 

 on the ground. Taking a full bead I let drive at him. He 

 never acknowledged the shot in any way, but walking 

 forward a few steps, stood still. The three does then 

 bolted to the left, but the second buck, instead of follow- 

 ing them, moved slowly towards the right, and I felt 

 certain he was hit. I sent a second shot after him, but 

 it had no effect. After stepping the distance (just 202 

 paces) to the fallen buck, I went after the other, who 

 was going very slowly away. I fired a third shot at 

 him, but he was rather far off and did not stop. When 

 I got within 100 yards I sat down, and dropped him 

 with a bullet through the shoulder. The first bullet had 

 entered at the ribs and gone through, making a bad 

 wound, but it was a little too far behind. The second 

 and third shots had missed clean. He must have been 

 over 250 yards off when the first bullet struck him, for 

 he was much further than the first. The horns of one 

 were 21", and of the other 23^". The heads were cut off 

 and placed under a stone, to be picked up on our way 

 back, and we then started to circumvent the second herd. 



This group of antelope was on the opposite or 

 northern side of the wide plain which formed the bottom 

 of the valley, and, owing to the wind, the only way to get 



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