CH. XVIII ADVENTURE WITH A CROCODILE 229 



he fled away through the scrub. My bullet struck 

 him and knocked him head over heels, but before 

 I could reach him he picked himself up and 



"XYUMBU WAS MOST EXPERT WITH THE KOI)."' 



made for the river. I fired again but missed, and 

 then ran to the river bank, fully expecting to 

 see him making his way across, but there was 

 no trace of him to be discovered anywhere. I 



