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safe there. Emerging from the other side she pulled 

 up, gave a shrill trumpet, and then returned quickly 

 to where she had left her young, eliciting from Mo- 

 loka (as he stood by me concealed behind a stout 

 tree) the remark, 



" That jovo no good. Makasee " (literally " wo- 

 man") " got piccaninnee — plenty angry ! — no good." 



Having rejoined her young one, and apparently 

 satiated her rage by the recent charge, the cow 

 pursued her course quietly, thereby enabling me to 

 come up cautiously behind to within fifteen yards 

 of her. The little chap, who was walking at her 

 heels, either having heard me or smelt me, stopped 

 short, turned round, and we stood face to face. In 

 an instant the cow followed suit, and knowins^ that 

 the moment she saw me she would in all probability 

 endeavour to treat me as she had done the clump of 

 jungle, I was ready in an instant. Astounded by my 

 novel appearance, she stood motionless a moment, her 

 ears bent forward. As she threw these back, the 

 gumtickler challenged her in a loud voice, and she 

 fell dead. The young one charged at once through 

 the thick smoke, passing between Moloka and me, 

 and having gone a few yards in rear, pulled up, 

 turned round, and stood roaring at us. Though he 

 was a little fellow, it was quite evident that he had 

 determined, at all events, to annihilate us, for in a 

 minute or two he charged back again, and having 

 selected Moloka as his victim, hunted him through 

 the jungle. I laughed heartily at the sight, admiring 

 the pace at which the little animal got over the ground. 



