th his
feet in the air, supporting himself on his hands. How he could manage
to maintain that position so long surprised me. I should have had the
blood rush into my head and dropped down in a minute had I made the
attempt.

All the time I was watching the ourebis; which, no longer leaping about,
remained quiet for some seconds, and then with slow and stately steps
advanced towards the curious object. I had time to examine them
minutely. Their colour was a pale tawny above, and white below. The
horns straight and pointed, and, as far as I could judge, five inches in
length. The animal itself is of no great height, standing not more than
two feet from the ground, though when it lifts up its head it looks much
taller. The female of the pair which approached was hornless. On they
came, closer and closer. I was afraid that Harry would drop down and
frighten them away before they had got near enough to enable me to take
a sure aim.

I was in as good a position as I could desire, for, though the bush
effectually concealed me, I could see them clearly. I dared not,
however, move my rifle in the least degree, for fear it should touch the
leaves and make the animals suspicious. "Do not fire until they begin
to move away, I want to get them up close to me," said Harry, in a
whisper.

The animals still, in spite of the danger, came on, until they were not
twenty yards off. At length, it seemed to me, by the way they moved
their ears, that they were on the point of starting.

I fired, the buck dropped on his fore-legs, and at the same instant
Harry threw himself on his feet, lifted his rifle and fired at the doe
before she had got ten paces off. Down she also came utterly helpless,
and was quickly put out of her suffering by Harry. The buck
instinctively attempted to defend himself with his horns, but seizing
one of them, I deprived him of existence.

We had good reason to be satisfied with the result of Harry's
experiment. He told me that not only the ourebis but several other
deer, if attracted in the same way by their suspicions or curiosity
being aroused, can be thus shot.

We lost no time in cutting open our deer, so as to lighten the loads,
and the better to preserve the meat. Each was as much as a man could
carry on his shoulders. We were unwilling, however, to leave any part
behind. Believing that we could carry them better whole than cut up, we
staggered along with our burdens, fortunately not hav