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was passing just below me, offering a beautiful 

 broadside shot, so I fired a right and left in quick 

 succession, both bullets taking effect, and off 

 he dashed, the other one still following him. 

 They both made for a heavily wooded nullah. 

 The first bull evidently pulled up there, but we 

 saw the other cross the river-bed and mount the 

 open on the opposite side. It was ticklish work 

 when we reached the bank, as it was densely 

 wooded, and the wounded animal might be in 

 wait anywhere. There was no good hesitating, 

 as our only means of locating him — apart from 

 actually following his tracks, which would have 

 been most dangerous work in such cover — was 

 to cross to the other side, where the ground was 

 very steep, thereby enabling us to look down into 

 the bed of the river. We got across all right, and 

 were not long in locating him. Evidently hearing 

 us, he moved out, and on firing, I distinctly heard 

 the smack of the bullet as if hitting a brick wall. 

 He faced round on me with the evident intention 

 of being aggressive, but the steep incline he had to 

 negotiate before he could reach me was evidently 

 too much for him after the severe buffeting he 

 had had, so he turned off down-stream and dis- 

 appeared out of view ; and that was the last 

 bullet he got, as soon afterwards he was in his 

 death-throes. He was a splendid fellow, his horn 

 measurements being : 



From tip to tip round outer edge and 



across forehead . . . 6 ft. 6 in. 



Across the sweep . . . . 3 „ 2 ,, 



Circumference at base . . . 1 ,, 9 ,, 



Between tips . . . . . 1 „ 9| „ 



