An African Shooting Trip 



of the party on the following day. It was im- 

 possible to get a shot at him. 



For a few days after this we were rather 

 quiet. My men and I came on some very 

 good specimens of the gerenuk (Waller's ga- 

 zelle), the most curious of the antelope we 

 met with, their long, thin necks and sloping 

 quarters giving them much the appearance 

 of a small giraffe. One evening I got a good 

 opportunity at some wart hogs near a water 

 hole, and wounded one in the leg, which we 

 followed up next day. 



Before killing him, I wished to get a photo- 

 graph of the beast in life, and H. K. engaged 

 his attention so well, while I came up with the 

 camera on the opposite side, that the old boar 

 made a quick, determined charge, and H. K. 

 only saved his legs by holding the pig off with 

 the muzzle of his rifle. We had to shoot him 

 without getting a good photograph, as he re- 

 sented all close approaches with the camera. 



We first became acquainted with the lion in 

 the following way. A. D. S. had camped sev- 

 eral hours in advance of H. K. and myself. 

 That night he lay in wait behind some brush 

 near a stream of water, with a goat tied out 

 as bait. He had fallen asleep, when he was 



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