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Further on I spotted another close to the river in the long grass and after a careful stalk, I got within 100 yards and shot him through the neck, stone dead. Not quite such a good [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] head as the last, but not bad.
I now turned homeward, keeping along the river bank on the look out for a Croc. I was fortunate enough to spot one out on [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] my own side across a bend in the river. I could not see him very clearly in the grass, but I judged where his head was & gave him one with a soft nose Manlicher at about 40 yards, hitting him full between the shoulders & breaking his back. I was lucky to paralyze him so completely or he would have got in the water & escaped. I gave him one straight down his throat [[strikethrough]] & one [[/strikethrough]] lengthways & one crossways through the heart to finish him, but it was a long time before his tail ceased swishing. It took my gun bearer & myself well over an hour to skin him & I got back to camp at 3 Pm. - 10 1/2 hours on my toes under a roasting sun. The flies & bugs & ticks are awful here. I am