Sutherland, James, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : Macmillan · leaf 325
A FEW DAYS’ HUNTING 297 XXXIV owing to the screening vegetation, I decided to await developments, hoping to get a better view if they came nearer, or moved further away from us. After twenty minutes of patient watchfulness up in my uncomfortable quarters, one of the four, having apparently got a… … hartebeeste (< dicklenstein ). his proboscis about in all directions, and feeling that any further delay might prove fatal, I decided to risk a shot and trust to luck to penetrate his brain, or spine. As the tree, however, presented serious obstacles to the easy manipulation of a heavy rifle, I got…
Elephant hunting · Hunting
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