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my coxswain, had put down the rifle for that 

 purpose, when he suddenly called out, "Look out, 

 sir ! here comes the other." I turned round in 

 time to see the black bull which I had wounded, 

 and thought was dead, in the act of charging, 

 not more than ten yards off; he was in truth a 

 desperate-looking brute, as he came at us head 

 down, the blood pouring from his side ; he had 

 seen us for the first time, and gave a grunt of 

 satisfaction as he charged ; a ball between the 

 eyes at point-blank range, however, stopped 

 him, and the huge beast rolled over dead, 

 almost at my feet. 



We now hailed the party in the valley to 

 come and help us, as we had more than we 

 could manage; this brought up a couple of 

 bluejackets, with whose assistance we dragged 

 the two bulls down the hill, where we found a 

 third beast, also a bull, lying. It seems there 

 had been five of them in the valley, one of 



which had been killed by B 5 s party, and 



the other four came up to me, as already de- 

 scribed. There was considerable argument as 



