An African Shooting Trip 



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position, as this was seldom successful. The 

 best plan is to walk quietly toward them by 

 a series of gradually approaching zig-zags, 

 when they do not seem to realize your real 

 direction before you are within shot. 



Some live bait put out at night to attract 

 lions or leopards was pulled down by hyenas, 

 and I managed to get one of the brutes with 

 a charge of buckshot. It belonged to the 

 spotted variety, of which there are quantities 

 throughout the country, and their evening call 

 was always with us during the trip. They, of 

 course, offer no sport. 



We had already reached the inland plateau, 

 which, for the most part, rises abruptly from 

 the maritime plain. This rough and ragged 

 line of demarkation gives rise to some fine 

 mountain scenery. It certainly appealed to 

 us very pleasantly when we were coming out, 

 after a long time spent on the great, level 

 interior plain. It was toward the end of an 

 afternoon, when the mountains appeared sud- 

 denly and distinctly before us as we stood on 

 the edge of the plateau, and we realized 

 sharply that a day or two would bring us to 

 the coast, and that our shooting trip would 

 then be over. 



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