He killed them both, although the last of them, after falling, waddled along the ground into a tuft of high grass.
Now murmurs of stifled applause broke from the audience, to which Pereira bowed in acknowledgment.
"You will have to shoot very well, Mynheer Allan," said Retief to me, "if you want to beat that.

Even if I rule out one of the two birds that fell to a single shot, as I think I shall, Hernan has killed five out of six, which can scarcely be bettered." "Yes," I answered; "but, mynheer, be so good as to have those geese collected and put upon one side.

I don't want them mixed up with mine, if I am lucky enough to bring any down." He nodded, and some Kaffirs were sent to bring in the geese.

Several of these, I noted, were still flapping and had to have their necks twisted, but at the time I did not go to look at them.

While this was being done I called to Retief, and begged him to examine the powder and bullets I was about to use.
"What's the good ?" he asked, looking at me curiously.