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SOMETHING FOR AN EMERGENCY.

The trained hunter does not need such* assistance. He can always trust to him-< self. Tha customs of a British column present no more difficulty to him than the habits of any game he is accustomed tt' follow, and we may be sure that neither Da Wet nor any other commandant of reputation would venture to attack before mastering all tho knowledge necessary for hia purpose. A haphazard dash at night without previous reconnaissance is not in their line. But they do not scout according to our methods or tire out horses in long rides on patrol. With them it is a rule to keep something in hand for an emergency. Tha* if the great secret of their mobility, the reason why they generally get away when pursued. The Boer system of reeonnoitrina is simple enough and easily understood il we try to imagine what a hunter would do who wanted to watch the movement of a. great herd until the biggest antelopes separated from it, and then work round stealthily for a shot at them.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 53

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SOMETHING FOR AN EMERGENCY. Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 53

SOMETHING FOR AN EMERGENCY. Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 53