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From a belt of forest saw 6 eland lying down. An unexpected piece of luck. They were lying at the head of a shallow & narrow little valley about ^[[insertion]] 3/4 of [[/insertion]] a mile away facing me. They saw me & the safari, so I halted the safari in full view & myself sneaked in to the low ground. The manoeuvere was quite successful. They lay down ^[[insertion]] again [[/insertion]] though keeping their eyes on the safari. My stalk was not a difficult one - a certain amount of crawling on hands & knees going like a snake on my tumbo & crouching & I arrived at the exact spot I had marked down for myself - about 150 yards from them. They had not an idea of my presence and I felt they were delivered into my hand. They were all lying down, but I could make out one good Bull with his back to me. I decided to take him lying as he was as I could see his shoulder & could judge his heart. He was lying about 3 parts away from me. I had a very steady shot and the bullet thudded home as far as I could tell exactly where I meant. Up they all jumped, and the bull ran across my front still at about 150 yards. I waited for him as he had not seem me & he stopped