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and hard to approach, as they were nearly always feeding in 

 company with kob, who get restless and snort and stamp at 

 the approach of danger, communicating their fear to their 

 companions. Once, he crept to wdthin a hundred yards of 

 a large herd of hartebeest which he watched for an hour. 



NATIVE METHOD OF CUPPING 



They were in the open ; some standing still and others lying 

 down ; and of all ages, ranging from fresh weaned calves to 

 bucks with heavy horns. They were much worried by the 

 flies and their big ears and long tails were continually on the 

 move. Sometimes one would start and run fifty yards or so, 

 driven by the sudden pain of a bite. On one occasion he 

 saw two hartebeest feeding in the open in the middle of a 

 herd of kob, through which he successfully crawled on hands 

 and knees without starting them, and dropped one of the 

 hartebeest at 200 yards as they were moving off. The satis- 

 faction at this kill was somewhat spoiled, however, by his 

 gun-boy's breaking the stock of his twelve-bore gun, using 

 it to club the wounded animal, which the boy alleged had 



