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driving, and had stopped directly they saw the elands were close 
to my position. As the three last beasts came just level with 
me and within seventy yards, one of the cows was still between 
the bull and myself, and fearing that if I waited longer I might 
not get a shot at him at all, I gave the cowa bullet behind 
the shoulder with the Express to make her get out of the way, 
and before the bull had gone many yards gave him both barrels 
of the 8-bore—the first shot a good one behind the shoulder 
which went clean through him ; the other a poor one, which, 
however, knocked him over. The cow went on about a 
quarter of a mile, and was found dead behind a bush. The 
two rhinos I never saw at all, although the beaters told me 
they had passed. They must have escaped my observation 
owing to the clouds of dust. Several other zebras and harte- 
beests broke past the two stops, but everything else passed 
within 150 yards of me, and had there been a little grass, 
which would have prevented the dust rising, I should have had 
a still better view of this grand sight. 
BRINDLED WILDEBEEST 
The Brindled or Blue Wildebeest (Swahili name, ‘Nyumbo’) 
is essentially an antelope of the plains, though it is occasionally 
seen in thin open bush. It is more plentiful in the Useri 
district to the north-east of Kilimanjaro, and the Athi plains to 
the north and west of Machako’s, than anywhere else. In the 
latter place on August 5, 1890, Dr. Mackinnon and I saw an 
enormous herd of 1,500, but this is quite unusual, as they are 
rarely found in herds of more than from twenty to sixty. 
A single bull is often seen either by himself or with other 
antelopes and zebras. Wildebeests are amongst the most 
difficult beasts to stalk, owing to the open nature of the: 
country in which they are found, and will probably try the 
sportsman’s patience more than any other antelope. They will 
stand gazing at him, and will sometimes allow him to get 
within a range of 200 yards, if he pretends to walk past them, 
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