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the canoe, and after the buU had fallen they 

 still remained standing. Then the calf walked 

 very slowly and sedately to the shore, and was 

 soon followed by the cow. On reaching the 

 edge of the forest they halted, and, although we 

 were now within twenty yards of them, the 

 cow came back to the lake-side alone, and 

 with nose outstretched, stepped up to where 

 her lord lay dead, and stood looking at him for 

 some time, evidently quite at a loss to under- 

 stand what on earth had happened to him. 

 She then walked slowly back to her calf, and as 

 we stepped ashore to inspect our prize, we 

 could stiU see the whitish legs of the two 

 animals as they stood amongst the trees quite 

 close to us. After that I paid no further 

 attention to them. 



The dead bull was a fine animal. I meas- 

 ured his standing height between two poles 

 held perpendicular to one another — the one at 

 his wither, the other at the heel of his forefoot 

 — and I made his standing height six feet two 

 inches to the top of his shoulders, on which 

 grew long coarse hair quite four inches in 



