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yards, I planted a bullet in the sand with- 
in fifty yards of them. That brought them. 
I left one man in a tree as a guard over 
the giraffe, and went back to camp with 
the\other, reaching there lone after night. 
T senX some men back immediately to the 
giratfe With water and the means of making 
a fire. "Nuey eut it up, and brought it into 
camp nextday. The flesh, to a white man, 
is detestable, but the marrow bones were 
excellent. ; 
Another method of shooting giraffe is by 
a large animal. Needless to say, a jarge 
bore rifle, such as a .577 express, canyot be 
used with comfort in the saddle. 
Another animal met with in the/serub is 
the wild pig, and we managed to fecure two 
or three fine pairs of tusks wile coming 
down the river. One day we bAd halted for 
lunch, and, as the sun was afsolutely broil- 
ing and there were no trfes, we got the 
men to cut the inside oui/of a large bush. 
We crept into the hollf/w thus made, ate 
our frugal meal, and ten slept a little, the 
Off il D ag ; 
“One simply gallofs after the giraffe at full speed to get alongside hefore it skés you and breaks away.”’ 
running them down on fast ponies. I have 
not done it mygelf, as we had no ponies 
with us. Dr. Horace, however, told me that 
he used to shgot them that way. On sight- 
ing the girgife, one simply gallops after it 
full speed And, getting alongside, dismounts 
and fires/ before it can get out of range. 
It is veyv seldom one can successfully shoot 
from A horse’s back. I have heard of its 
being done, but it is a very unreliable 
mefhod, and a small bore rifle needs to be 
uded with the greatest precision to kill such 
men doing likewise. \We were awakened by 
some of the men puNing at our feet, and 
shouting, excitedly, “ Qugrue, Bwana!” or 
“Pig, Master!” We lookxd out cautiously, 
and a large boar and thee or four sows 
were feeding unconcernedly about thirty 
yards away. We had made to sound, and 
had no tents pitched, so that \hey almost 
literally walked into camp. Hoyace took 
his .450 express and dropped the Ald boar: 
the others made off into the grass, The 
boar lay perfectly still, and Horace made 
