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did not fire. Elmi asserted positively that this was an 
oryx; but now (after seeing both species) I am satisfied 
that it was a young eland. 
A fortnight’s hunting had yielded thirty-four 
selected specimens, comprising eleven different species 
of big game. But hitherto the 
intense wildness of our most 
coveted object, the Neumann’s 
hartebeest, had defied our utmost 
efforts. Stalking on the open 
prairie frequented by these ante¬ 
lopes had proved impossible. A 
carefully-organised “drive” had 
failed—I will not say through 
the stupidity of the drivers, but 
simply because savages could not 
comprehend the scope of the 
operation. On our last day but 
one we adopted a modified scheme 
of simply “moving” a herd, and 
this so far succeeded that we each 
secured a specimen at extreme 
ranges. Both, unluckily, proved 
to be females, mine being a fine 
adult, carrying a head of 15f ins., 
and my brother’s a smaller cow. 
The latter, having only a broken 
shoulder, led us a long chase, and 
eventually, after receiving two 
more bullets (one in the head), 
entered a patch of thick wood. 
Happening to be the nearest, 
I followed in and finished her 
with the Paradox; but the shot was instantly echoed 
by a succession of such roars as caused me to 
regain the open with quite unseemly haste—so, at 
least, it appeared to W-, who was some distance 
away. On reconnoitring from a safer point, we found 
that the cause of alarm was a herd of hippopotami. 
HUNTING-KNIFE SHEATHED 
IN SKIN FROM AN IMPALA’S 
PASTERN. 
