THE ROAN ANTELOPE 117 



Moving quietly but rapidly to my sheltering ant- 

 heap, I put the thickly growing greenery gently 

 aside, and found myself scarcely 100 yards from 

 the rearmost bull, "svhich I shot without fiui;her 

 trouble, one single bullet from my hea^'j' '577 

 Express being all that was required to secure him. 



I do not think that the conclusion of any day's 

 sport has ever afforded me more satisfaction than 

 I experienced on that occasion, and, as a further 

 reward for our perseverance, we discovered on our 

 way back to camp indications of rhinoceros 

 which enabled us to bag a very fine bull on the 

 following day. 



In South Africa, I fear, but few roan antelope 

 survive. In the Transvaal and on the northern 

 borders of Natal they are said formerly to have 

 existed in large numbers, but it would surprise 

 me to learn that many members of this interesting 

 if not particularly beautiful type survive outside 

 the limits of the sanctuary the game reserves 

 afford them. 



