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CHAPTER XVI. Further Curious Hunting Experiences

African Nature Notes and Reminiscences · Frederick Courteney Selous — chapter 16 of 40 · ~64 words · public domain

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FURTHER CURIOUS HUNTING EXPERIENCES

Travelling through the wilderness--Find deep pool of water--Meet with two tsessebe antelopes--Shoot them both--Cover one of them with dry grass to keep off vultures--Ride back to waggon--Return to pool of water--Find tsessebe antelope gone--Never recovered--Journey to Bamangwato--Gemsbuck seen--Stalk spoilt--Long, stern chase--Gemsbuck wounded--Lost through glare of setting sun--Wildebeest seen--Return to waggon--Arrival of Count von Schweinitz--Lost gemsbuck found--Two hartebeests shot Pages 283-292

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