making savage lunges at Jock and great heaves 

 at me each time I tried to get the rifle. 

 It often happens that shots touching the kidneys 

 produce a paralysis, temporarily severe, which passes 

 off to a great extent after some minutes and leaves the 

 wounded animal well able to charge : it happened to 

 me some years later while trying to photograph a 

 wounded sable. 



I tried to hook the gun out with a stick but the 

 wildebeeste swung round and faced me at once, 

 snapping the sticks and twirling them out of my hands 

 with surprising ease and quickness. I then tried 

 another game, and by making feint attacks from the 

 other side at last got the animal gradually worked away 

 from my gun ; and the next attempt at raking was 

 successful. 



When the excitement was over and there was a 

 chance of taking stock of the position, I found that 

 Jock had a pretty good ' gravel rash ' on one hip and 

 a nasty cut down one leg ; he had caught the wildebeeste 

 by the nose the instant I ran into it, and it had ' wiped 

 the floor ' with him and flung him aside. 



I found my bandolier with a broken buckle lying on 

 the grass ; one shirt sleeve was ripped open ; 

 the back of the right hand cut across ; hands 

 and knees were well grated ; and there were 

 lumps and bruises about the legs for which 

 there was no satisfactory explanation. I 

 must have scrambled out like an unwilling 

 participant in a dog fight. 



It was a long job skinning, 



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