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shikaree got up, rubbing his shins, from which a 

 good-sized piece of skin had been peeled ; and it 

 was some time l>efore he could be prevailed on again 

 to approach the deer. Its relaxing strength, how- 

 ever, soon gave them a more favourable opportunity, 

 and the finishing stroke was administered without 

 further mishap. Hawkes brought home also a doe- 

 eheetul, which was killed without any special cir- 

 cumstances attending its death. 



Norman made a very scientific stalk. He observed 

 a buck-cheetul feeding on a distant hill, and imme- 

 diately set about to circumvent him. There was a 



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rising ground in the vicinity of the animal which, 

 lie considered, could he attain, would bring him 

 within a very easy shot. So nicely had he calculated 

 indeed, that when after a rapid stalk and creeping 

 up the hill- he peered over its top he saw the buck's 

 horns within ten yards of him. He waited till the 

 body came into view, and then shot it. 



As he was returning towards home, having killed 

 a samber in addition to the cheetul, he came unex- 

 pectedly upon a large herd of the latter, and 

 obtained a good shot at another fine buck. It 

 evidently told, but the cheetul went off, though in a 

 direction different to that the rest of the herd had 

 taken. Norman followed for awhile, and then r;m 

 on to a nullah, into which he thought it probable it 



