Nor was this all.

By the stream, basking in the bright sun, stood and lay a group of from ten to fifteen _large antelopes_--at that distance we could not see of what species.
The sight filled us with an unreasoning joy.

If only we could get it, there was food in plenty.

But the question was how to do so.

The beasts were fully six hundred yards off, a very long shot, and one not to be depended on when our lives hung on the results.
Rapidly we discussed the advisability of trying to stalk the game, but in the end dismissed it reluctantly.