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But it did shine all right the next day but one, 

 the 3rd of October, and the 4th, and the 5th, so 

 seemingly I had profited by my mistakes 

 another illustration of the comforting adage, 

 4 The man who makes no mistakes makes no- 

 thing." For on the 3rd I brought off the double 

 event the only time this season not two very 

 good beasts, but one of them had quite a good 

 head, and the other provided an exciting stalk 

 in very difficult country. In the morning we were 

 after some beasts on this side of the Hare Hill, and 

 suddenly came on a solitary stag, who was lying 

 down roaring at the beasts we were after; he was 

 about 300 yards away, and utterly unconscious of 

 any danger from us, so intent was he on roaring 

 defiance at a big switch which was advancing on 

 him from the lot we were after. As the switch 

 got nearer to him, our friend did not seem to fancy 

 his chance, so he got up and began moving towards 

 us, very slowly, and often stopping to roar. It 

 was very interesting watching him through the 

 glasses for such a long time and at such close 

 quarters. He was a very good 8-pointer with 

 especially strong tops, which made him look 

 better than he really was. Steadily he came 

 on to us, and at about 100 yards he offered an 

 excellent chance, so I let him have it, and down 

 he came, and all was sunshine once more and 

 lunch was quite a pleasant meal. We were a 

 large party for lunch, as we had been joined by 



