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SPORT AND WAR. 
CHAP. XXI. 
with his second shot as he came chargingat him. The 
beast had only previously received a wound in the leg. 
The head and tail of this African bison were carried to 
the camp as a troph} 7- ; and as the spring-bok is con¬ 
sidered the best eating antelope, we also carried to the 
wagons a fine one which the Prince had shot. 
Currie and myself had a good deal of hardship to 
encounter on this trip. We were accompanying the 
royal party on the invitation of his Excellency the 
Governor—as it were his private guests—so we had 
to find our own way. This would have been nothing 
under any other circumstances; but we were travel¬ 
ling in company with Government wagons and horses, 
which were fed every night with forage bought by the 
Governor, he having the preference in buying before 
anyone else), or from hay carried in hired wagons where 
it could not be bought, while we with our one small 
mule-wagon could not carry forage. Currie and I had 
therefore every night to ‘steal a march’ on the Governor, 
and this we did in the following manner. We generally 
all dined together in the Governor’s marquee, and 
afterwards adjourned to the camp-fires. During this 
time our span of mules and riding horses would be knee- 
haltered and sent out to graze in charge of the wagon- 
driver or leader, those of the Governor’s camp being 
tied up and fed on corn. Starting so early as the 
camp did in the morning, all hands had to get to bed 
