TIANG 



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among this troop started a short stampede but, thinking 

 better of it, they all relapsed into their former sleepy 

 postures, in which I finally left them. 



Among bush or in forest, stalking is naturally easier ; 



TIANG AT PLAY. 



and under reasonably favouring conditions, aided here by 

 an overthrown tree, an ant-hill, or thick trunk, there by 

 bush or tall grass, the hunter should, on most occasions, 

 "get in." A shot, however, does not necessarily follow; 

 for so thickly do these antelopes mass together that, 

 among trees and shadows, it is often impossible to dis- 

 tinguish the best ; while, should the selected bull for a 



GIRAFFE ON THE ZERAF RIVER. 

 (Grazing on Low Thorn-Saplings in Deep Grass.) 



moment stand exposed, the constant movement of the 

 rest will probably mask his outline ere aim can be taken. 



When, in the middle of a stalk, the hunter at a crucial 

 moment finds himself ""held up" by some impassable 

 obstacle say an intrusive reedbuck or oribi when fifty 

 pairs of alert eyes beyond play upon everything like a 



