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behind ns. George, however, prouoiinced it to 

 be a cow and not a bull moose. 



Thinking that there might be a bull in company 

 with her, Ave at once coixanenced to make our way 

 in her direction, skirting along the lagoon just 

 within the shelter of the forest, Avhich grew to the 

 very edge of the w^ater. Before Ave had gone very 

 far George Avho Avas in front, stopped suddenly, 

 saying that he had heard something in the 

 forest behind us like the noise of a bull's horns 

 brushing through the spruce trees. This sound 

 had been quite inaudiljle to me, as African 

 malarial fever, or the large quantity of quinine 

 I have taken to counteract that malady, has 

 somcAA'^hat dulled my sense of hearing ; but I 

 soon heard a distinct rustling in the bushes, 

 and then the sound as of some large animal 

 Avalking in shalloAv Avater. 



" It's a bull," AA^hispered George ; " he's 

 coming towards us along the edge of the 

 lake." 



There Avas apparently no Avind at all, but Ave 

 were afraid that the keen-scented animal might 

 smell our tracks, so Ave started to meet it, 



