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across the lake, as though half minded to swim 

 it, and his two cows antlered, like himself, 

 though much less imposingly watched him 

 with dutiful attention. Whatever his pur- 

 pose, however, it was never declared ; for 

 suddenly there came a new and more impetu- 

 ous crashing among the undergrowth, and the 

 eyes of the little herd turned to see what was 

 approaching. An instant later a second bull, 

 about the size of the first, but very much 

 darker in colouring, broke furiously through 

 the bushes. He rushed about halfway down 

 the sandspit, then stopped, snorting and 

 blowing defiance. 



The new-comer had a magnificent set of 

 antlers, but the hunter forgot to shoot. 



The white bull, surprised by the unexpected 

 challenge, stood for an instant staring stupidly, 

 waving his great ears. Then all at once the 

 hot blood of arrogant possession and jealous 

 mastery seemed to rush to his head. Thrust- 

 ing aside the two cows, who stood huddled 

 in his path, with a furious booing grunt, he 

 lurched forward to meet the challenger. 



With lowered heads, noses between their 

 knees, and the branching spikes of their antlers 

 presented straight to the front, they came to- 

 gether with a shock and a snort. The hard 

 horn clashed with the dry resonance of sea- 



