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But here the hunter in Nimrod an- 
swered: “If I kill him now, I shall 
never be able to get him. Wait until 
he gets out of the water.” 
The next few seconds, with that 
‘struggling thing in the water, seemed 
an eternity of agony to me. Then an- 
other loud bang caused the proud head 
with its weight of antlers to sink to the 
wet bank never to rise again. 
Later, as I dried my tears, I asked 
Nimrod: 
“'W here is the place to aim if you want 
to kill an animal instantly, so that he will 
not suffer, and never know what hit him?” 
“The best place is the shoulder.” He 
showed me the spot on his elk. 
‘But wouldn’t he suffer at all ?” 
“Well, of course, if you hit him in 
the brain, he will never know; but that 
is a very fineshot. Your target is only 
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