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all round as here & we cannot light on one anyhow. Nor will they look at our kills. However we may some day & hope on.
I went out again at 3.30 & before long shot a little beast of the duiker or Dik Dik tribe. I did not get one last year. Very soon after I saw some Eland & stalking them for fun, got right on to the middle of them. I was within 20 yards of them for a minute or two & they were so surprised, they just stood & looked at me till I moved trying to get out my camera. There must have been over 30 including a lot of tolos. One fair bull, but I did not want to kill him. Soon after looking across the river I saw a large herd of giraffes stalking gently along about a mile away. So ff I went running as hard as I could to cut across the wind, down into the river and up the far bank and I was within 300 yards. A colossal Bull gave me a good chance and I popped a manlicher into him and he rolled away after the herd. But he was going very short and I got within 300 yards again and put one into his heart. It was then 6 oclock & only half an hour daylight left. There were 35 in the herd,

Transcription Notes:
Mannlicher = type of rifle