. On safari : big game hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life . 32 J ;5 -3 :aSI 1 >, J 1 5 ? , J ON THE STONY ATHI, ,^.^9 you—I start early myself in morning to watch thenyuml)o (wildebeest). Following is my brothers description of his almostunlooked-for success with the wildebeests— The white-bearded gnu, or blue wildebeest, sofamiliar to travellers on the Uganda railway, is anexcessively wild animal, yet not difficult to circumvent,provided a few easily-aj)plied rules are observed. Scattered on open plains in herds, or often singly,. HOODED COBKA (Xaja luije)—Both strik
. On safari : big game hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life . 32 J ;5 -3 :aSI 1 >, J 1 5 ? , J ON THE STONY ATHI, ,^.^9 you—I start early myself in morning to watch thenyuml)o (wildebeest). Following is my brothers description of his almostunlooked-for success with the wildebeests— The white-bearded gnu, or blue wildebeest, sofamiliar to travellers on the Uganda railway, is anexcessively wild animal, yet not difficult to circumvent,provided a few easily-aj)plied rules are observed. Scattered on open plains in herds, or often singly,. HOODED COBKA (Xaja luije)—Both strikes dh-ect and also ejects poison. it is out of the question to approach them by anyordinary stalking, as a very few days trial will , its worse than unsportsmanlike, its criminal tofire at animals at 500 yards. If you kill, its a fluke,for which you deserve to be kicked rather than com-plimented. I spent three weeks among the wildebeests last year—a fortnight in utterly futile eflorts to secure a singlespecimen. The first really useful observation came tous early one morning. We were seated on a perfectlyopen plain without attempt at concealment, when day-light filled the scene, and showed us four or five troopsof wildebeest standing within view. Knowing so wellthat they were inaccessible, we remained motionless, ,..^Q\\i:V,\ :/;/,,/ ON SAFAKI watching, till presently we began to be touched witha gradual sense of wonder at their curious inaction—why should five herds all be standing so precisely alike,neither feeding nor moving
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