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and came on them all at about eighty yards. 

 Missed clean with 303, and fired both barrels of 

 the express at the buck;, missing him again twice ; 

 ran after him in thick bush and got a standing 

 shot at about sixty yards the other side of the 

 buck and missed again. All had now gone; I 

 had, I believe, hit three separate big bucks. The 

 one that fell left the herd, and as he appeared 

 very big and the worst hit I took him first ; 

 followed his blood track till 8.30. From the 

 height of the blood marks on the grass (about 

 three inches above my knee) he must have been 

 hit low on the shoulder. His track took me at 

 right angles from the road and away from the 

 line of the rest of the herd. I gave him up, as I 

 had to catch up the gafila, and I had to give up 

 the others too. The worst of this shooting on 

 the march is the losing of wounded animals. I 

 should probably have been able to follow him to 

 the death and should have found one if not both 

 the others (I think they were badly hit, I saw a 

 good deal of blood on the track of the herd where 

 I crossed it) had I been halted. Did not get to 

 the camp till 11.30, walking very fast. Started 

 at 4 o'clock, marched till 10, and again from 3 to 



