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judged to be the missed waterbuck, a mile ahead and on 
the right shoulder of a gentle pass, or depression in the 
foreground, which at that point dipped sharply away to 
lower levels beyond. 
On reaching our marks, where the view broadened 
out on either side, we could see nothing of our water- 
WATERBUCK BULL. 
buck, though feeling sure he was somewhere on our right 
and not far away. While spying, a hartebeest bull with 
fine head showed up on the left, and a shot at the neck 
dropped him—my hope in thus firing being to secure 
the supposed w r aterbuck with the second barrel. There 
ensued a crash among the bush on the right, and far 
away the expected animal appeared, halting to gaze, 
full broadside, as he gained the open. Salim tried to 
take the smaller rifle (’303) from me and handed me the 
*450. His reason I did not follow; for at the long 
