CHAPTER III. 



FURTHER SHOOTING EXPERIENCES IN CENTRAL 

 ANGONILAND. 



Two bull elands shot One a very large one Measurements given 

 Weight of a large eland Rich fat obtained from elands Change to 

 my new camp List of huts made and cost An insolent native False 

 evidence The best way to treat an insolent native Oribi and reed- 

 buck shot Hartebeests companionable animals Roan antelope 

 wounded and found later Two roan antelopes killed Collecting 

 blood smears of game A fine roan lost in North-Eastern Rhodesia 

 Good trophies shot by chance A splendid pair of elephant tusks 

 obtained by Mr. Melland in North-Eastern Rhodesia A friend shoots 

 two lions on his first trip Loneliness of life in the wilds A fine 

 lion missed A tropical storm Game in heavy rain A fine impala 

 lost Articles quoted from the Field: "Long Shots at Big Game," 

 " Photographing Big Game," " Measurements of African Crocodiles." 



I WAS on the trail again on the i5th, as the elands had 

 been coming every night to the gardens to eat the fallen 

 and dried maize stalks, and it did not take me long to 

 get on the spoor of a large herd, which, judging from 

 the large footprints of some of them, contained some 

 big bulls. On fairly soft ground elands are very easy 

 beasts to spoor, as, being very heavy, they leave deep 

 footprints. 



We had gone perhaps four or rive miles when I caught 

 sight of the herd, just as Kadango, the best man I had 

 with me, saw them. As the game had not seen us, I told 

 the men to lie down and keep low ; for they often put their 

 heads up to watch proceedings, and this has sometimes 

 scared the game and frightened them away as I was 



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