Through the heart of Patagonia . N WILD CATTLE 233 especially the case when the animal has dropped in such a spotthat one cannot turn it over owing to its weight. For this forest shooting a 12-bore Paradox or jungle-gun is as. KDGE OF FOREST good as any. I had one which was made for me by Jeffrey and Co.,and with it one could make a very decent pattern at seventy open ground I generally used a Mauser, but this rifle was, ofcourse, not heavy enough for forest shooting at a dangerous quarry,where most of the shots were within forty yards. Once again on Punta Bandera I saw the big yellow
Through the heart of Patagonia . N WILD CATTLE 233 especially the case when the animal has dropped in such a spotthat one cannot turn it over owing to its weight. For this forest shooting a 12-bore Paradox or jungle-gun is as. KDGE OF FOREST good as any. I had one which was made for me by Jeffrey and Co.,and with it one could make a very decent pattern at seventy open ground I generally used a Mauser, but this rifle was, ofcourse, not heavy enough for forest shooting at a dangerous quarry,where most of the shots were within forty yards. Once again on Punta Bandera I saw the big yellow bull. Oneday I watched the great herd of wild cattle straggling slowly downthe opposite hillside, the cows with their calves trotting alongsideth(,m, and the magnificent yellow bull bringing uj) the rear insolitary state. They were in a hopelessly unget-at-able position,so that one could onlv watch them. The air was so clear thai, withthe telescope, it was possible to make out the tracks ot animal as the herd descended the incline. While I was still engaged in watching the cattle, I saw some- 234 THROUGH THE HEART OF PATAGONIA thing- brown move on a knoll above me and about four hundred-yards distant. A
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