I3 2 HUNTING TRIPS 



most at right angles to its former course, 

 so as to avoid the lunging charge some- 

 times made by the wounded brute. If the 

 animal kept on, the hunter, having made 

 a half circle, again closed up and repeated 

 the shot; very soon the buffalo C,me to a 

 halt, then its head dropped, it straddled 

 widely with its forelegs, swayed to and fro, 

 and pitched heavily forward on its side. 

 The secret of success in this sort of hunt- 

 ing is to go right up by the side of the buf- 

 falo; if a man stays off at a distance of 

 fifteen or twenty feet he may fire a score of 

 shots and not kill or cripple his game. 



While hunting this, the largest of Ameri- 

 can animals, on horseback is doubtless the 

 most exciting way in which its chase can be 

 carried on, we must beware of crying down 

 its pursuit on foot. To be sure, in the 

 latter case, the actual stalking and shoot- 

 ing the buffalo does not need on the part of 

 the hunter as much skill and as good 

 marksmanship as is the case in hunting 

 most other kinds of large game, and is but 



