The White-Bearded Gnu 



20" 



lse the game may break back), and to walk slowly, so as not 

 flurry the beasts. When ^ ^ 



the game is getting near // ^ ^-^v y^ 



1 they should stop alto- (v^^ \£^^ J J 

 the wildebeest will most ^*itfP^y^ vlf^'^^^r 

 i him in single file. It" W/] ''C^r 



undulating nature of the ground he should have little difficulty in doing 

 this. A gun-bearer should be posted on each side of him and about 300 to 

 400 yards off to act as stops, but should not show themselves, unless the 

 game is coming towards them and likely to pass out of range of the hunter, 

 who, when once the game is in sight, must lie absolutely still, however un- 

 comfortable he may feel. The men told off to drive — six to a dozen are 

 quite enough — should be instructed to keep well in line, and a fair distance 

 apart (otherwise the game may break back), and to walk slowly, so as not 

 to hustle and flurry the beasts. When 

 they see that 

 the sportsman 

 gether, and the 

 probably pass 



this is not done the game will perhaps 

 go past with a rush, and it will be im- 

 possible for the gunner to distinguish a 

 bull from a cow when all are jumbled 

 up together. To my mind there is Fig. 24.— Skull and Horns of White- 



nothing so exciting as a drive, as the Bearded Gnu. 



suspense is little else than awful ; but at the same time I do not think it 

 is justifiable unless the beasts are otherwise unapproachable, as it makes the 

 game so wild. Should a drive be impracticable, then the only thing to do 

 is to adopt the bushman's stratagem, and use an imitation ostrich, for the 

 construction of which, and how to use it, see the Big Game volumes of the 

 Badminton library. 



The measurements and weight of an old bull in good condition are as 

 follows : — Total length, 8 feet 1 inch ; height at shoulder, 4 feet 4^ inches; 

 tail, 1 foot 91 inches ; weight, 475 lbs. The best recorded pair of horns 

 measure 27^ inches ; "widest outside," 22 inches over the front curve, and 

 6 inches in breadth of palm. F. J. Jackson. 



