He and I commenced a careful stalk, and after a long circuit I succeeded in getting within seventy paces of the herd of deer.

The ground was undulating, and they were standing on the top of a low ridge of hills.

I dropped a buck with my two-ounce rifle, and the herd immediately disappeared behind the top of the hill.

Taking one of my double-barrelled rifles, which Banda gave me, I ran to the top of the hill as fast as I could, just in time to see the herd going at a flying speed along a small valley at a long distance.

Another buck was separated from the herd by about forty paces, and putting up the second sight of my rifle, I took a shot at him; to my delight he plunged heavily upon the turf.