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his flight. But his race was evidently run, and when I next 
overtook him I brought him down. I had put nine bullets 
in him; and though they had done their work well, and I 
was pleased to have killed the huge brute with the little 
sharp-pointed bullets of the Springfield, I was confirmed in 
my judgment that for me personally the big Holland rifle 
was the best weapon for heavy game, although I did not 
care as much for it against lighter-bodied beasts like lions. 
In all we galloped four miles after this wounded rhino bull. 
We sent a porter to bring out Heller, and an ox wagon 
on which to take the skin to camp. While waiting for them 
I killed a topi bull, at two hundred and sixty yards, with one 
bullet, and a wildebeest bull with a dozen; I crippled him 
with my first shot at three hundred and sixty yards, and 
then walked and trotted after him a couple of miles, getting 
running and standing shots at from three hundred to five 
hundred yards, I hit him several times. As with every¬ 
thing else I shot, the topi and wildebeest were preserved 
as specimens for the museum, and their flesh used for food. 
Our porters had much to do, and they did it well, partly 
because they were fed well. We killed no game of which 
we did not make the fullest use. It would be hard to con¬ 
vey to those who have not seen it on the ground an accurate 
idea of its abundance. When I was walking up to this 
rhino, there were in sight two giraffes, several wildebeest 
bulls, and herds of hartebeest, topi, zebra, and the big and 
little gazelles. 
In addition to being a mighty hunter, and an adept in 
the by no means easy work of handling a large safari in 
the wilderness, Cuninghame was also a good field naturalist 
a,nd t:axijdermist; and at this camp we got so many specir 
