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within range seemed to be to go along the southern side 

 for some distance, then cross and come up against the 

 wind. We were proceeding to put this manoeuvre into 

 effect when we saw two antelope closer than the herd. 

 A glance through the telescope showed them to be both 

 females, and we went on. When right opposite to the 

 two herds we were after we found a spur of the moun- 

 tain jutting out into the plain. Perceiving that going 

 round the foot of this would inevitably start off the ante- 

 lope, who would be then only about a mile from us, we 

 went up the spur instead. On arriving at the top we saw 

 in a glen, which was on the opposite side, a small group of 

 three males and five females. Clearly we had no choice 

 but to frighten the herd we had just seen by going on, 

 or to put the other two to flight by making a detour into 

 the plain. 



We accordingly sat down and examined carefully the 

 animals on the other side of the plain, and found that 

 there were only two small bucks in one herd, and none at 

 all in the other. We resolved, therefore, to confine our 

 attention to the antelope just below us, but before be- 

 ginning the stalk sat down to breakfast, as it was close 

 to noon. When it was over — it did not take lon^, as of 

 course a fire could not be lighted — we went down into 

 the plain, and as we had done before, made a wide detour, 

 and got to the other side of the glen without alarming 

 the three bucks. The females, however, for some un- 

 known reason, made off across the plain while we were 

 going round — an arrangement that suited us very well. 



When we reached the point we had been making 

 for we left the ponies and started on our stalk. We 



