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ON SAFAKI 
range (350 to 400 yards) my eyesight had failed to 
recognise that this was no waterbnck after all, but a 
grand old eland bull ! The *303 bullet struck with 
the sounding “ clap ” that usually signifies a good hit; 
the eland plunged forward, staggering almost to earth, 
but recovering, carried on towards the plain below. The 
ELAND BULL. 
line he took, however, viewed in relation to the con¬ 
figuration of the mountain-barrier ahead, suggested the 
idea that we might, by very hard running, cut him out 
—that is, we could take the chord while he ran the arc 
of a circle. 
There was not a moment to spare—not a second to 
recover our poor crippled hartebeest: a cruel exigency 
drove us to leave that splendid animal a prey for 
vultures and hyenas. 
