ZOOI.CXilCAI, SOCII'/rY ]5LI.I.KTI\ 



A HERD OF ORYX WITH SOME RECORD HEADS 



studied 

 i-oiild m 



:lif wind and used great caution, you 

 up to tiuit sleeping survivor of tilings 



uintry, it w; 

 meat for the eami) 



"I w allied towards 

 that herd of mixed game, 

 slantingly so to speak, 

 never facing them di- 

 rectly, never turning my 

 head, only watching 

 them sideways. I do 

 not know wiiether any 

 hunter or s])ortsnian had 

 this experience before, 

 hut I actu.aUy got 

 amongst them; suiting 

 my ]),ace to theirs. 1 

 drifted along witii scmie 

 of the .inimals not more 

 than thirty or forty 

 yards aw.iy - - not one 

 started to run. I longed 

 for a camer.i. hut I am 

 afr.iid that if I had 

 in.ide :\i\\ unn.atur.al 

 movements tluy would 

 h;ive heen otV. 



"Two or three days 



after, in just the same 



;sary to shoot to get some 



I could not get within two 



th.it lived before the Flood and slap him with hundred and fifty yards of anything that i)os 



hat. I wouldn't advise you to trj' to han^ 

 it on the top of his ugly-looking horn; in fact. 

 1 wouldn't advise you even to slap him — but 

 you could. I'd like to see this place and this 

 sight again. I'd like to h.ive once more the ex- 

 perience that I had one 

 morning down near the 

 Tan.'i River. 



"There was .i herd of 

 kongoni. a few wilde- 

 heeste and zebra among 

 them .-md some little 

 Thomson gazelles feed- 

 ing .about h.ilf a mile 

 away. I tried an ex- 

 periment. Where game 

 li.-is not been shot .at 

 Ihey seem by some ])e- 

 culi.ir di\ination to 

 know whether your er- 

 r.ind is :\ bloodthirsty 

 or .1 pe.ieeful oiu". It 

 you w.alk ste.idily on, 

 paying no attention to 

 them, they will lift their 

 heads, look .it you, and 

 go on with their feed- 

 ing, Sto|) an inst.'int 

 and they bi-comc suspi- 

 cious. 



sessed horns or hoofs; they seemed to know my 

 intention. Most of the gazelles and antelojjes 

 are ca))able of being tamed or domesticated. 



The 



■l.ind, the largest of the .inteloiJC. h.is been 

 ■n to h.irness. I was told that lliere was a 



A GOLIATH AMONG "CROCS." 



