HINTS ow EAST AFRICAN STALKING, ETC. 203 
& Several cases ‘ot the kind have come under my own obser- 
- yation. At one time I thought that this extraordinary vitality 
3 was confined to the antelopes, but I have seen the same 
_ peculiarity displayed twice by buffaloes, once by an elephant, 
_ once by a rhinoceros, and once by a zebra. I used to be of 
: opinion that a beast so wounded was reduced to a state of 
_ semi-paralysis, and was incapable of moving from the spot on 
__ which it was standing when hit, but I have proved that this is 
; eeaenys the case. 
__. When first struck in such cases, the beast almost invariably 
a sti its head, and sometimes stands with open mouth in the 
_ same manner that a beast stands after it has been shot through 
the stomach. 
_ From my own observations, the shots which have thrown a 
beast into this curious condition have invariably struck it low 
down, through the lower edge of one or both lungs. The shot, 
however, has not necessarily been fired when the beast has 
been standing in one particular position, as I have known these 
‘shots fired when the beast was broadside on, stern on, and 
ig me. 
If there is any doubt as to whether the animal is hit through 
the stomach or low down in the lungs, the sportsman should 
' take advantage of the beast as it stands with its head down, 
nd either give it another shot immediately or carefully ap- 
ach nearer to make quite certain of placing his bullet in 
“right spot. Should he then be quite satisfied that his 
nd bullet has struck the right spot behind the shoulder, 
should the beast still continue to stand in the same posi- 
Or move on only a short distance, he can be pretty sure 
the case is one of those I allude to, and he had better 
finish with a shot in the brain or the vertebre of the 
or leave it to die quietly, as it very soon will do. Any 
shoulder shots would be simply thrown away. Of course 
st shot in the stomach should be killed with the shoulder 
at once, as it is always likely to pull itself together for a 
and travel for miles. 
