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away acrain. when, trusting rather to mv aim on 



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foot than on horseback. I slipp**I out of the saddle, 

 and. allowing for the distance. fired at the nearest 

 bock. At the report the whole herd took to flight, 

 the animal shot at bringing up the rear. Hardly 

 hoping to effect anything. I fired again at him 

 and that time thought I saw him staler ^ if tne 

 ballet struck him. But he recovered and went on : 

 and after catching my horse I rejoined my jruide 

 and prepared to go home empty-handed. 



On teflinsr him. however, that I fancied I had 

 hit the last antelope I fired at. he insisted on fol- 

 lowing the herd to see if we could not run down 

 the wounded beast, which he thought would not 

 go far. And he was rijrht : for after a ride of less 

 than a mile the antelope lav down. and. to my 

 inexpresible delight. I was able to ride back with 

 a fine younjr buck on my saddle. Both bullets 

 had struck him behind, but had not smashed any 

 lar^e bones. In spite of rny hard day and rny 

 f'WoDen leg. that certainly was a moment of triumph 

 in which I dep^-ited my hanlly-earne<l game in 

 the midst of my half- incredulous friends. But 

 after the way of the world, having vehemently 

 assurer! me that if I worked for a week I -hould 

 never get an antelope without dojrs TO help me. 

 now. with the buck before them, they calmly in- 

 istftd that it was only the luck of a tyro, and 

 would be the fir>t and la-t \ -Lould ever 



