326 THRILLING ADVENTURES. 



sketches of this grim-visaged monster, who knew not that he 

 was standing for his likeness. 



No man on earth can imagine what is the look and expres- 

 sion of such a subject before him as this was. I defy the 

 world to produce another animal that can look so frightful as 

 a huge buffalo bull, when wounded as he was, turned round 

 for battle, and swelling with rage ; his eyes bloodshot, and 

 his long shaggy mane hanging to the ground, his mouth wide 

 open, and his horrid rage hissing in streams of smoke and 

 blood from his mouth and through his nostrils, as he is bend- 

 ing forward to spring upon his assailant, with all his remain- 

 ing strength. 



After I had had the requisite time and opportunity for 

 using my pencil, M'Kenzie and his companions came walking 

 their exhausted horses back from the chase, and in our rear 

 came four or five carts to carry home the meat. The party 

 met from all quarters around me and my buffalo bull, whom 

 I then shot in the head and finished. And being seated 

 together for a few minutes, each one took a smoke of the pipe, 

 and recited his exploits, and his " coups," or deaths ; when 

 all parties had a hearty laugh at me, as a novice, for having 

 aimed at an old bull, whose flesh was not suitable for food, 

 and the carts were escorted on the trail, to bring away the 

 meat. I rode back with Mr. M'Kenzie, who pointed out five 

 cows which he had killed, and all of them selected as the 

 fattest and sleekest of the herd. This astonishing feat was 

 all performed within the distance of one mile all were killed 

 at full speed, and every one shot through the heart. In the 

 short space of time required for a horse under "full whip," 

 to run the distance of one mile, he had discharged his gun 

 five, and loaded it four times selected his animals, and killed 

 at every shot ! There were six or eight others killed at the 

 same time, which altogether furnished, as will be seen, abund- 

 ance of freight for the carts ; which returned, as well as 

 several packhorses, loaded with the choicest parts, which were 



