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After this I made several attempts to stalk 

 wildebeest without success. On one occasion I 

 had a shot at a fine bull, head on, at a distance 

 which I estimated to be 500 yards. The shot 

 apparently passed through, or perhaps grazed, 

 his shoulder, as he reared straight on end like a 

 horse. I followed that bull for a long distance, 

 but was unable to bag him. He limped a little, 

 but was evidently not seriously wounded. 



At last I got a steady shot at the shoulder of a 

 good bull, which was standing incautiously near 

 to cover at the edge of a plain. The distance 

 was not less than 400 yards, but I had a steady 

 shot with the telescope-sight, and when the bull 

 galloped away, apparently uninjured, I felt some- 

 what mortified. After galloping for a consider- 

 able distance, however, he collapsed and fell dead. 

 The soft-nosed bullet, which I fired, had passed 

 right through his body. This bull had a good 

 head, the width outside from horn to horn being 

 26 inches, compared with the records as given in 

 Rowland Ward's book of 29! inches. 



Gimlette shot every kind of animal that I did, 

 except wildebeest and wild dog. He secured very 

 good specimens of the Gerenuk gazelle, but had not 

 as much luck as I had with the other animals in 

 the matter of heads. The watchful little Gerenuk, 

 with his long, thin neck, is rarely surprised, and, 

 when the animal is facing you at a considerable 

 distance, you have to shoot very straight to inflict 

 a mortal wound. 



We had some success with lions, as much 

 perhaps as we could reasonably expect, consider- 

 ing that we trusted entirely to chance encounters 



