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THRILLING ADVENTURES. 



A PALLAH. 



heard coming, and, ordering the men to outspan, I took all my 

 dogs to the track. They ran it up in fine style, and in a few 

 minutes the silence of the forest was disturbed by a tremen- 

 dous bay. On running towards the sound, I met the old 

 bull coming on toward the wagons, with all my dogs after 

 him. I saluted him with a second ball in the shoulder ; he 

 held on and took up a position in the thicket within forty 

 yards of the wagons, where I finished him. He carried a 

 most splendid head. 



On the 8th of June, we made the long wished-for fair Lim- 

 popo an hour before sunset. I was at once struck with this 

 most interesting river ; the trees along its sides were of pro- 

 digious size and very great beauty. At the very spot where 

 I made the water, a huge crocodile lay upon the sand on the 

 opposite side ; on observing me he dashed into the stream. 



The next day I rode ahead of the wagons with Euyter, and 



