In This Manner I Managed To Get
Unobserved To The Lee Of My Hillock, Where I
Dismounted, Threw The Reins Over A Stump, And
Crawled Stealthily But As Quickly As I Could To
The Top.
I was in great doubt as to whether I
should be in time or not, but on peering,
hatless, over the crest, I was overjoyed to find the
whole herd just below me.
One of the eland,
not twenty yards off, saw me at once, and stood
still to gaze at me in astonishment. It was a
female, however, so I took no notice of her, but
looked round to see if my great bull were
anywhere near. Yes, there he was; he had passed
the spot where I lay, but was not more than forty
yards off, moving in the same leisurely fashion as
when I first saw him. An instant later, he
noticed the general alarm caused by my
appearance, and stopped and turned half round to see
what was the matter. This gave me my
opportunity, so I fired, aiming behind the shoulder.
The way in which he jumped and kicked on
feeling the lead told me I had hit him hard, and I
got two more bullets into him from the magazine
of my .303 before he managed to gain the
shelter of a neighbouring thicket and was lost to
sight. In the meantime the whole herd had
thundered off at full gallop, disappearing in a few
minutes in a cloud of dust.
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