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hundred yards of space between themselves and 

 danger. We spent a couple of hours of fruitless 

 stalking and then were obliged to hurry back to 

 town in order to be at the hotel when the tiffin bell 

 rang. 



I had not yet secured a Thompson's gazelle, 

 so we stopped and each of us shot one on our way 

 to the road. Then we returned to town. People 

 along the streets regarded us with surprised inter- 



Shooting Wildebeest (Cross Marks Location of Wildebeest, 

 Outward Bound) 



est, for there were two gazelles hanging out of the 

 carriage and our four rifles gave the vehicle an 

 incongruously warlike aspect. 



The next morning at seven o'clock we were again 

 in our carriage. We drove out to the same place 

 and at a few minutes after eight we were amazed 

 to see a wild dog rise from the grass and look at 

 us. We hastily jumped out of the carriage and 

 walked toward him. In a moment a number of 

 others rose from the grass, until we saw seventeen 



