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among- this troop started a short stampede but, thinking- 
better of it, they all relapsed into their former sleepy 
postures, in which I finally left them. 
Among- bush or in forest, stalking- is naturally easier ; 
Tiang at Play. 
and under reasonably favouring conditions, aided here by 
an overthrown tree, an ant-hill, or thick trunk, there by 
bush or tall grass, the hunter should, on most occasions, 
“get in.” A shot, however, does not necessarily follow; 
for so thickly do these antelopes mass together that, 
among trees and shadows, it is often impossible to dis¬ 
tinguish the best; while, should the selected bull for a 
Giraffe on the Zeraf River. 
(Grazing on Low Thorn-Saplings in Deep Grass.) 
moment stand exposed, the constant movement of the 
rest will probably mask his outline ere aim can be taken. 
When, in the middle of a stalk, the hunter at a crucial 
moment finds himself “held up” by some impassable 
obstacle'—say an intrusive reedbuck or oribi—when fifty 
pairs of alert eyes beyond play upon everything like a 
