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hundred yards of space between themselves and 
danger. We spent a couple of hours of fruitless 
stalking and then were obliged to hurry back to 
town in order to be at the hotel when the tiffin bell 
rang. 
I had not yet secured a Thompson’s gazelle, 
so we stopped and each of us shot one on our way 
to the road. Then we returned to town. People 
along the streets regarded us with surprised inter- 
Shooting Wildebeest (Cross Marks Location of Wildebeest, 
Outward Bound) 
est, for there were two gazelles hanging out of the 
carriage and our four rifles gave the vehicle an 
incongruously warlike aspect. 
The next morning at seven o’clock we were again 
in our carriage. We drove out to the same place 
and at a few minutes after eight we were amazed 
to see a wild dog rise from the grass and look at 
us. We hastily jumped out of the carriage and 
walked toward him. In a moment a number of 
others rose from the grass, until we saw seventeen 
