twice the size of Jock, and not easy to spot when 

 a movement on a higher level caught my eye. It 

 was just the flip of a fly-tickled ear ; but it was a 

 movement where all else was still, and instantly the 

 form of a koodoo cow appeared before me as a picture 

 is thrown on a screen by a magic-lantern. There 

 it stood within fifty yards, the soft grey-and-white 

 looking still softer in the shadow of the thorns, but as 

 clear to me and as still as a figure carved in stone. 

 The stem of a mimosa hid the shoulders, but all the 

 rest was plainly visible as it stood there utterly un- 

 conscious of danger. The tree made a dead shot 

 almost impossible, but the risk of trying for another 

 position was too great, and I fired. The thud of the 

 bullet and the tremendous bound of the koodoo straight 

 up in the air told that the shot had gone home ; but 

 these things were for a time forgotten in the surprise 

 that followed. At the sound of the shot twenty other 

 koodoo jumped into life and sight before me. The 

 one I had seen and shot was but one of a herd all dozing 

 peacefully in the shade, and strangest of all, it was the 

 one that was farthest from me. To the right and left 

 of this one, at distances from fifteen to thirty yards 

 from me, the magnificent creatures had been standing, 

 and I had not seen them ; it was the flicker of this 

 one's ear alone that had caught my eye. My be- 

 wilderment was complete when I saw the big bull 

 of the herd start off twenty yards on my right front 

 and pass away like a streak in a few sweep- 

 ing strides. It was a matter of seconds 

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