30 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap. 



for a wild ox, but which proved to be a tame one 

 belonging to a village, and nearly got us into trouble. 

 Early morn saw me set off to try and wipe out yester- 

 day's bungling over the oryx. After some searching, 



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we found a solitary bull standing on a hillside. A 

 careful stalk brought us within 300 yards, but beyond 

 this we could not get. However, the beast turned and 

 slowly walked past us ; a steady shot and he rolled 

 over. As we ran up, we were surprised to find the 



