268 AFRICAN GAME TRAILS 



watching a small herd of elephants, cows and calves, which 



^_ were in the open, when he saw them begin to grow uneasy. 



(J i rT$/ Then, with a shrill trumpet, a cow approached a bush, out 



^M* of which bounded a big lion. Instantly all the cows charged 



& him, and he fled as fast as his legs would carry him for the 



forest, two hundred yards distant. He just managed to 



reach the cover in safety; and then the infuriated cows, in 



their anger at his escape, demolished the forest for several 



rods in every direction. 



