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consulted in a whisper with the Taita hunters as to the 
advisability of leaving our perch and seeking game on 
foot, but they were strongly averse to this procedure, 
and persisted in saying, “ Wait, and they will surely 
come.” But they surely did not, and as soon as the 
first promise of dawn irradiated the sky I indignantly 
Fig. 49.—Female Roan Antelope (Hippotragus Equinua, $ ). 
left my platform and wandered out into the dewy 
plains, seeking a victim. A giddy zebra, browsing on 
the sodden turf, stopped behind his friends to stare at 
me, and received a bullet from the mighty 8-bore, 
which soon laid him low. I also killed a female roan 
antelope, and so returned less discontented to my camp 
