This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...uualarracd, had moved forward out of sight, still feeding. Eventually the shot was one of those, in bush, at "horns only," with a conjectural body beneath that may be standing in any conceivable relation thereto; the distance also was much greater, and the result a miss. The direction of the spoor coinciding with our ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...uualarracd, had moved forward out of sight, still feeding. Eventually the shot was one of those, in bush, at "horns only," with a conjectural body beneath that may be standing in any conceivable relation thereto; the distance also was much greater, and the result a miss. The direction of the spoor coinciding with our intended route, we followed on; but presently coming on the crest of a sudden escarpment, sighted four hartebeest on the plain far below. After a detour, I got a steady lying shot, and the best of the four (300 yards away and 200 feet below) dropped and lay motionless. It cost us half-anhour finding a way down those crags, and then... that bull was gone! Neither spoor nor blood served us on such ground--half rock, half bush; and we saw him no more. Holding our course, we shortly viewed what we judged to be the missed waterbuck, a mile ahead and on the right shoulder of a gentle pass, or depression in the foreground, which at that point dipped sharply away to lower levels beyond. On reaching our marks, where the view broadened out on either side, we could see nothing of our water buck, though feeling sure he was somewhere on our right and not far away. While spying, a hartebeest bull with fine head showed up on the left, and a shot at the neck dropped him--my hope in thus firing being to secure the supposed waterbuck with the second barrel. There ensued a crash among the bush on the right, and far away the expected animal appeared, halting to full broadside, as he gained the open. Sal take the smaller rifle ("303) from me and handed me the '450. His reason I did not follow; for at the long gaze, tried to range (350 to 400 yards) my eyesight had failed to recognise that this was no waterbuck after all, but a grand old eland bull! T...
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