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especially the case when the animal has dropped in such a spot 

 that one cannot turn it over owing to its weight. 



For this forest shooting a 12-bore Paradox or jungle-gun is as 



EDGE OF FOREST 



good as any. I had one which was made for me by Jeffrey and Co., 

 and with it one could make a very decent pattern at seventy yards. 

 In open ground I generally used a Mauser, but this rifle was, of 

 course, not heavy enough for forest shooting at a dangerous quarry, 

 where most of the shots were within forty yards. 



Once again on Punta Bandera I saw the big yellow bull. One 

 day I watched the great herd of wild cattle straggling slowly down 

 the opposite hillside, the cows with their calves trotting alongside 

 them, and the magnificent yellow bull bringing up the rear in 

 solitary state. They were in a hopelessly unget-at-able position, 

 so that one could only watch them. The air was so clear that, with 

 the telescope, it was possible to make out the tracks of each 

 separate animal as the herd descended the incline. 



While I was still engaged in watching the cattle, I saw some- 



