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and, although I dismounted and seized the "450 

 as quickly as I could, I was unable to get a shot. 

 He had not a good head, but at the time it appeared 

 doubtful if I should see any better specimen, and 

 I was ruminating rather sadly over the situation 

 with the rifle in my hand. Suddenly there was 

 a scramble and a rush, and a really fine kudu 

 buck, realising that his companion had gone, 

 dashed out of a clump of bush and stood for a 

 moment, at about 150 yards' distance from me, 

 looking to see from which direction danger 

 threatened. I rapidly took aim and fired from a 

 standing position, and the buck dashed off, but 

 fell dead after going for a few yards, shot through 

 the heart. The length of the horns straight 

 (25 inches) is good, but the horns do not measure 

 well round the spiral. 



After this I saw no more kudu, though Gimlette 

 came across them twice, and shot a fair specimen. 

 When we were on our return journey I started 

 from camp early on the day on which we passed 

 through the bush in which I had shot the kudu, 

 and hunted carefully in the hope of coming across 

 another buck. I had no success, however ; the 

 camping ground was near, and the leading 

 porters were passing us, when Tagarru saw some 

 impala in the bend of the river on our left. We 

 wanted meat for food, so I proceeded to stalk 

 them. A rhino, which wandered across our path 

 while we were stalking the impala, caused some 

 delay ; but the impala did not move, and I even- 

 tually got within range of a buck. He was 

 standing with his back towards me, and the dis- 

 tance was about 200 yards, but he was not 



