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in the afternoon and have another look for him. Going 

 through some thick grass I found a good blood spoor, and 

 followed it, when suddenly, within fifty yards, up jumped 

 the bull, and I hit him hard somewhere in his stern. 

 Going on, I put him up again, as I thought, and fired 

 and dropped him with a shot in the spine. On going up 

 to him I found that this was quite another animal, as he 

 had no previous wound in his body, and I noticed the head 

 was different, although it was quite a good one. 



After searching around, one of the men found the blood 

 of the first one, and I soon came on him lying down ; but, 

 when he saw us, he was quickly on his feet. However, he 

 waited just a little too long, for I got the sights on his 

 shoulder and killed him where he was standing. This was 

 a most beautiful animal, being very slenderly formed in 

 comparison to the one I had shot on the 23rd. His horns 

 also were much longer and thinner, as they measured nearly 

 40 inches on the curve, and had very even, sharp points. 

 I took his complete skin, and it can, probably, now be seen 

 in the Transvaal Government Museum in Pretoria, to which 

 institution I sent it. 



On the 2yth I went out to try to find eland, and came 

 on the fresh spoor of a large herd which I spoored up. 

 Eland are easy beasts to track, as being such heavy 

 animals they leave a good print. When I first saw them 

 they were all grouped together, and in the thick grass and 

 bush in which they were standing I found it most difficult 

 to see the best head. 



I got on them with the glasses, and at last saw a fine 

 big bull, so I took a steady shot and the bullet, a solid, 

 went right through him, and raised the dust far on the 

 other side. As he went off I fired two more shots, and 

 hit with one at least. 



I could see one of his hind legs dangling, so I knew I 

 would get him, as a heavy beast can never go far with a 

 broken back leg. Before I finished him I took two photo- 

 graphs of him moving in front of me, and then gave him a 

 bullet in the heart, which quickly killed him. 



