Diary. 85 



the plain near Oonoonoof. Found about fifteen 

 tolerably near some bushes. Got up to about 180 

 yards. Took a very good buck, shot him in 

 shoulder, dropped. Fired at another buck mov- 

 ing 200 yards, and over. Fluked him through 

 the head, smashing all the bones so that the horns 

 hung limp. Fired at a third, the last in the herd, 

 as the one that moves off last is generally a buck 

 (and I could not tell bucks from does at the dis- 

 tance) ; I used 300 sight full. First shot over, 

 did not move, took 300 fine and hit him ; followed 

 for about a mile, firing occasional long shots at 

 him in the open plain. He got into some thin 

 bush and I got up to 120 yards. First shot not 

 a move, second shot put his head down ; third 

 shot dropped, both forelegs broken at elbow ; 

 finished him with a shot through the shoulder at 

 a short range. I had no knife and my men were 

 skinning the others. Found first bullet had hit 

 her (for it was a doe) through the thigh, passing 

 into the stomach ; one shot grazed thigh, one 

 passed through ribs without breaking, one passed 

 through ribs tearing a big hole the other side, one 

 broke both forelegs and then the finisher ; six 

 hits out of nine shots fired at her. Saw a wart 



