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this, of course, would have been a fatal error, if done at 

 the end of a stalk, I at once filed off the two flanges so 

 as to remove all danger of a mistake. 



Closely connected with the question of the rifle to 

 use is that of the bullet. I used Jeffrey's split bullets in 

 mine, and found them work well. But I have heard 

 men say, and it is, I should think, very probable, that 

 they are not as accurate at long ranges as the full-sized 

 uncut bullet, and that in a rifle sighted with the latter 

 they go high. I never have had time to test my rifle on 

 a range, but I know that with the Jeffrey bullet and its 

 present sighting, it shoots very high indeed. This 

 objection would probably not apply if the Tweedie or 

 Dumdum expanding bullets were used, as they must be 

 of the same weight as the old service bullet, and if I 

 were going again, I should, I think, try some cartridges 

 with these expanding bullets. But I would not again 

 use the unslit truncated bullet — that is, the bullet with the 

 nose only cut off I had a few of these, and believe that 

 it was owing to them that I nearly lost an ibex, and did 

 for a time lose the first uryal I hit. I do not think 

 they expand or break up in passing through, and if my 

 surmise is correct they are quite useless. The Jeffrey 

 bullet is truncated also, but the slits down the sides 

 generally ensure its breaking up on impact, and though 

 the bullet goes through in the majority of cases, the 

 wound it makes is terrible. 



Major Hewat, whom I met on the 8th of April at 

 Tsurri, put me up to a useful tip in connection with 

 these truncated bullets, Jeffrey's and others. The service 

 bullet, having a round nose, can be fed up from the 



