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ON SAFARI 



range (350 to 400 yards) my eyesiglit liad failed to 

 recognise that tliis was no waterbiick after all, but a 

 grand old eland bull ! The '303 bullet struck with 

 the sounding "clap" that usually signifies a good hit; 

 the eland plunged forward, staggering almost to earth, 

 but recovering, carried on towards the plain below. The 



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ELAIsD BULL. 



line he took, however, viewed in relation to the con- 

 figuration of the mountain-barrier ahead, suggested the 

 idea that we might, by very hard running, cut him out 

 — that is, we could take the chord while he ran the arc 

 of a circle. 



There was not a moment to spare — not a second to 

 recover our poor crippled hartebeest : a cruel exigency 

 drove us to leave that splendid animal a prey for 

 vultures and hyenas. 



