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rambling back through the trees, I caught sight of 
a graceful-looking antelope in the distance, and on 
cautiously approaching closer saw that it was an 
impala. My stalk was crowned with success, the 
beautiful animal being bagged without much trouble ; 
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“SA SUCCESSFUL SNAPSHOT OF AN IMPALA JUST AFTER IT HAD BEEN 
SHOT.” 
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and on reaching my prize I was delighted to find 
that its horns were much above the average. On 
another occasion I was fortunate enough to get a 
successful snapshot of an impala just after it had 
been shot by a friend, and the photograph gives a 
very good idea of what mine was like. 
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