distances--estimated. It is actually a fact, proven many times, that those
estimates should be divided by two in order to get near the measured
truth! The "four hundred yards if it's an inch!" becomes two hundred--and
even two hundred yards at living game in natural surroundings is a long
and creditable shot.

In taking his aim Kingozi modified his usual custom because of the
distance. When one can get his beast broadside on, the most immediately
fatal shot is one high in the shoulder, about three-quarters of the way
up. That drops an animal dead in his tracks. The next best is a bullet
low in the shoulder. Third is a really accurate heart shot. This latter
is always fatal, of course; but ordinarily the quarry will run at racing
speed for some little distance before falling dead. In certain types of
country this means considerable tracking, may even mean the loss of the
animal. Next comes anywhere in the barrel forward of the short ribs--a
chancy proceeding, and one leading to long chases. After that the
likelihood of a cripple is too great.

Now it is evident that one must aim at what he can be sure of hitting.
The high shoulder shot is all right if the distance is so short that one
can be absolutely certain of placing his bullet within a six-inch circle.
Otherwise the chance of over-shooting--always great--becomes prohibitive.
The low shoulder shot increases the circle to from eight to twelve inches,
with the chance outside that of merely breaking a foreleg, grazing
brisket, or missing entirely under the neck. The heart shot--or rather an
attempt at it--is safer for a longer range, not because the mark is
larger, but because even if one misses the heart, he is apt to land either
the shoulder or the ribs well forward. The only miss is beneath, and that
is clear, as the heart is low in the body. And at extreme ranges, the
forward one-third of the barrel is the point of aim. It should only