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sional shots at about 850 to 400 yards. He 

 would Let me get to nearly 800, and then go 

 straight away directly I sat down to shoot. 



The twelfth shot I had at him hit him fair 

 behind, coming out of stomach (Jeffery 303) ; he 

 went only a short distance and lay down. I got 

 to 100 yards under cover of small bush, and shot 

 him through both shoulders. Found both hind 

 legs had been slightly hit, and a bullet hole 

 sideways through one foreleg just below elbow, 

 bone untouched. I had been firing too low all 

 along. Hit him five times out of thirteen; head 

 eighteen inches. Shot a hare sitting up 70 yards, 

 303. Got back to camp and fouud my 10-bore 

 had come. Move on to-morrow. Habr Unis 

 tried to steal a camel of mine this evening- two 

 men. My camel men saw them making off with 

 it, ran after them and shouted. They continued 

 to drive the camel off, so my men fired three shots. 

 No result, except that they left the camel and 

 ran. Have been going bare-legged lately, legs 

 fearfully burnt, I can hardly stand. 



8th. Monday. — Spent the morning in casting 

 10-bore bullets and loading 10-bore cartridges. 

 Started on the march at 1 p.m. Arrived at 



