364 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap. 



way, and, by the movement of the one horn we could see, 

 was evidently very much awake, I feared his "spotting" 

 us at any moment. Taking a rest on a tuft of grass, I 

 got the telescope-sight to bear on the spot which I 

 calculated I must aim at in order to reach his heart, and 



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waiting till he moved his head, and consequently the 

 horn, out of the way, I pressed the trigger. He got up 

 and moved slowly out ! Had the shot missed him or 

 was he badly wounded ? Another shot, as he moved 

 into a dense clump of undergrowth, seemed to strike 

 home, but two others fired into the bush failed to produce 

 any visible effect. I turned to question AH and found 



