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200 yards, hit hiin high in the neck (he was 

 facing me), using the 200 sight with rifleite in the 

 303. I oiio^ht to have used the 100 sijHit. 

 Missed another (fired over him) at about 250, 

 using 200 sight full. Saw two oryx in the 

 evening but could not get a shot. Marched for 

 two and three-quarter hours in afternoon ; total, 

 deducting the march on the wrong road, about 

 seven hours. 



11th March, Sunday. — Shot disgracefully to- 

 day. In the early morning just as the sun was 

 setting up I saw a herd of about fifteen oryx. All 

 the oryx I have yet seen have been very wild ; 

 this was a tame herd, only I did not know it. I 

 could only get to about 200 yards and then the 

 ground was very open, and I dared not try to get 

 nearer. The light was very bad, but I could not 

 wait, as they were feeding away from me into an 

 open maidan. Used 303, first shot miss, second 

 hit, heard crack of bullet plainly, third shot 

 running, a good 250 yards, hit, brought the buck 

 (and he was a big one) on to his head, but he got 

 up and went off. After running some way, I got 

 another long moving shot and hit again, then two 

 misses, then I ran up a low hill after the herd 



