A HUNTER'S PARADISE 



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place to the turmoil which reigned so shortly before. " Per- 

 haps he is down," I thought, and with the idea I at once 

 started to find out. Leaving my tree I advanced cautiously 

 in the direction in which the bull had disappeared. The 

 dry leaves were a bother, but the tree-trunks, being still 

 fairly numerous, afforded a certain amount of protection 



and concealment, and luckily for me I was not encumbered 

 with the heavy boots I used to wear on such expeditions, 

 but was shod in light stalking shoes. I had gone about 

 fifty yards on the fine the bull had taken and was begin- 

 ning to think I must have overshot the mark, when suddenly 

 from behind me a deep bellow sounded, followed by the 



