Five years in the Sudan . r part of their time inthe forests cutting wood, in places where they wouldhave been most likely to suffer had venomous snakesbeen numerous in the district. Scorpions are to befound nearly everywhere, and the tarantula spiderin a few parts of the Sudan. Though I did not get a particularly fine head, theshooting of my Tourah hartebeeste was one of theachievements with which I was most pleased; evenas it was, I should not have got him but for theenergy of the native guide and tracker who was withme at the time. I spotted a herd early in the dayas we were marching to joi
Five years in the Sudan . r part of their time inthe forests cutting wood, in places where they wouldhave been most likely to suffer had venomous snakesbeen numerous in the district. Scorpions are to befound nearly everywhere, and the tarantula spiderin a few parts of the Sudan. Though I did not get a particularly fine head, theshooting of my Tourah hartebeeste was one of theachievements with which I was most pleased; evenas it was, I should not have got him but for theenergy of the native guide and tracker who was withme at the time. I spotted a herd early in the dayas we were marching to join the river to the south,but it was a long time before I got a shot. At lengthI lay down to steady myself, for the day was exceed-ingly hot, and I felt at the moment that if I missednow I should be unable to move another half-milein chase. To my great delight the beast fell to theshot, but my tracker made the mistake of imme-diately rushing forward; the animal recovereditself and was off like the wind, apparently scarcely. »*» v» .«.! rtf ^^-- -m- VARIED EXPERIENCES 237 wounded at all. Hope dies hard in cases like this,and, forgetting our weariness, we followed. For afull hour we tracked the wounded beast throughthickets and over plains—never, however, gettingtime for a second shot. At last, after a particularlyhard bit of ground, I was forced to admit myselfdone for the time being ; water had been left behindwith the donkeys, and I felt that I could go not astep further. But my guide was possessed of greaterstaying powers, and asked to borrow my rifle andcontinue the chase himself. I handed him the gunand he was off like the wind, firing blindly in theair as he sped along. I calculated, with deep thank-fulness, that in all probability the ammunition in themagazine would be spent before he again turnedtowards me, as, judging from the way in which hewas handling the rifle, it must have been the firsttime that he had ever had one in his possession. Buthe never got
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