NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA 



to bellow, whereupon an old cow dashed furiously 

 from cover up to the dying bull, and with a grunt 

 of rage she, with nose thrust out, charged headlong 

 at the man. He shot her and fled along a forest 

 path, fearful lest the entire herd should charge 

 down upon him. 



On another occasion an intruding Elephant 

 poacher came upon three or four Buffaloes in this 

 same bush. They vanished, but, knowing their 

 ways, he advanced cautiously, and caught a glimpse 

 of a bull standing immovable behind a bush adjacent 

 to the patch, waiting for him. Needless to say, he 

 instantly fled in the opposite direction. 



Water is scarce in the Addo Bush, and in 

 times of drought there is none at all, and the 

 Buffaloes and Elephants are so maddened that they 

 boldly venture out to the farmer's dams to slake 

 their thirst. At these times the Buffaloes and 

 Elephants are apt to become irritable and vicious, 

 and probably it is only at these times they venture 

 to make unprovoked attacks on men. 



A pedigree imported bull belonging to a farmer 

 on the outskirts of the Addo Bush wandered off into 

 it in search of food and was attacked by a bull 

 Buffalo. The two fought a desperate duel. The 

 bellowing attracted some farm herds, and the 

 Buffalo retreated on sight of them. The lordlv 

 pedigree bull had been so dreadfully pounded by 

 the Buffalo that it had to be removed in a wagon • 

 It recovered, but its ribs and shoulders had been 



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