ANY AMOUNT OF GAME. 
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a labbit shot through the brain, he jumped up and 
made a furious attack on the bush under which he had 
been lying, but a second shot from my 577° rifle soon put 
him to rest for ever. Meanwhile the other rhino, un- 
perceived by me, had trotted back to within eighty yards. 
^ went after him, but began shooting at too long 
a lange, as after each shot the beast, instead of running' 
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away, made a series of short forward dashes, shaking 
his head defiantly, as if he meant to charge something 
but could not quite make up his mind what to go for. 
Aftei the fifth shot he moved off slowly, crossing within 
a hundred and fifty yards off C-and Ii_, who 
bombarded him with five more shots, none of which 
seemed to have any appreciable effect. The caravan 
then moved on, while I remained behind to take off the 
horns of my rhino, which, though thick, were not very 
long. During the operation a steinbock came feeding 
within three hundred yards of me, and allowed me to 
walk quietly up and obtain an excellent shot at a 
hundred yards. 
The glassy plain through which we marched was 
simply crawling with hundreds of Granti, wildebeest, 
haitebeest, and zebra, the two last being singularly 
tame, watching us with idle curiosity, and never 
attempting to move before we got within fifty yards of 
them; then with a buck and a bound they started off, 
stopping every forty or fifty yards to turn and take 
another good look at us. Having sufficient meat, we 
did not attempt to molest any of these creatures. 
Our new camp was picturesquely situated among 
