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commenced to stalk them, taking advantage of every 
fold of the ground in doing so and keeping about 
fifty yards apart in case of a charge. In that event 
one or other of us would be able to get in a broad- 
side shot, which would probably roll the beast over. 
Proceeding carefully in this manner, we managed to 
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get within about sixty yards of them, and as it was 
my turn for a shot, I took aim at the larger of the 
two, just as it was moving its great head from one 
side to the other, wondering which of us it ought to 
attack. When at last it decided upon Brock, it 
gave me the chance I had been waiting for. I fired 
instantly at the hollow between neck and shoulder ; 
the brute dropped at once, and save for one or two 
