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or missed, you will often by judicious management get a second shot nearly but 

 not quite as good as the first. All these big African antelope are slow to take 

 serious alarm, so several good chances are sometimes obtained at one or more 



REEDBUCKS AND SCREAMING EAGLE 



where they have not been repeatedly harassed. If, however, the bucks show 

 no inclination to stand again after your first shot, keep them well within sight, 

 following about a hundred yards in the rear, and ready to jump off at any 

 moment when they seem disposed to halt. Hard riding, in the hope of 



