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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 J 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 



