A BUFFALO. 



IK) gouty fitfriq. 



THE following is a specimen of Mr. Cumming's adventures 

 in South Africa : " On the evening of the next day I had a 

 row with an old bull buffalo ; he was the only large bull in a 

 fine herd of cows. I found their track while walking ahead 

 of the wagons, and, following it up, I came upon a part of the 

 herd feeding quietly in a dense part of the forest. I fired 

 my first shot at a cow, which I wounded. The other half of 

 the herd then came up right in my face, within six yards of 

 me. They would have trampled on me if I had not sung out 

 in their faces and turned them. I selected the old bull and 

 sent a bullet into his shoulder. The herd then crashed along 

 through the jungle to my right, but he at once broke away 

 from them and took to my left. On examining his track, I 

 found it bloody. I then went to meet my wagons, which I 



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