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brought up the rear, and there was auother covered by 

 the clump of cows ; so we opened fire on the former, 

 and the third shot broke his leg. He had the other 

 shots too, and after limping on a bit, staggered and 

 fell over down the hill. Being much fatigued by the 

 heat of a very sultry April day, we waited there till the 

 people came up with our leathern water-sack to have 

 a drink, and then went over to the bull, who was 

 still alive but unable to rise. The Skunk, who had 

 luckily been exactly in the line of the herd's retreat, 

 now came running up, and, standing afar off by special 

 request, told us whither they had gone. 



There was a mighty black bull among them, whose 

 horns we determined to have, if possible ; so, sending 

 the ponies, and with them, alas ! the water, under the 

 guidance of the Skunk, to wait us at a point in the 

 valley beyond for which we thought the herd was 

 making, we started off on their tracks. In going along 

 the edge of a spur T. saw three or four of the bison 

 standing under the ridge of the hill, and we went round 

 to stalk them. It was a long way and the heat was 

 really fearful, so that we were not perhaps so cautious 

 in our approach as we should have been, and the result 

 was that before we got up we heard the alarmed snort 

 of the sentry, and the crash of the herd through the 

 jungle. We now walked along a ridge between two 

 deep valleys — on the right hand that in which the camp 

 should be, and on the left another leading down to 

 where we had started from in the morning. We saw 

 the startled herd far below us in the latter, crossing 

 over at a swinging trot, and afterwards mounting the 

 range beyond. The Shrimp said they were doubtless 

 making for "Dhowtea" ! Further on, the Shrimp pointed 



