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p.m., missed again, low as usual. He now began 

 to fail, I could see from his tracks, and at about 

 4.50 I came up to him again, about 130 yards, 

 standing in high grass ; hit him in centre of body 

 and he fell. When I looked at him I found my 

 first bullet had been exactly correctly placed, in 

 the very centre of the shoulder, but very little 

 damage was done except smashing the shoulder. 

 Another bullet had just touched the bottom of his 

 chest, close behind the forearm. Horns 

 Had no time to look up the other wounded one. 

 Must not fire at a second beast again till the first 

 is actually on the ground. 



17th March, Saturday. — Went out in the 

 morning, took a long round, getting back at 

 1 p.m. Saw only two oryx, female and butcha 

 (young one). Fired at a buck Clarke's gazelle, 

 at about 250 yards. I had no hope of getting 

 nearer, as the ground was open, and he had seen 

 me. Used 500 ex., bullet went low. Saw two 

 more and got up to about 150 yards, both does. 

 Saw doe koodoo. As 1 was coming back I saw 

 two of my camel men with two prisoners ; two 

 spies of the Habr Unis had come down to find 

 out if any Ogaden karias were out. They saw 



