A FATAL RESULT. 



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But this delay could not last long, for the now infu- 

 riated animal would be sure to ultimately wind its 

 prey and trample out of him what little of life remained. 

 Who could stand by and see this game played and 

 not interfere ? Well, I could not, so I seized two 

 assegais from one of my people and rushed at the 

 bull ; nor was I an instant too soon, for at that 

 moment it had discovered its victim. 



" Possibly this was the reason that the buffalo did 

 not see me, it being intent on completing the work 

 it had commenced ; for, before the beast could lower 

 its head to pick up its victim when it charged, I had 

 passed one assegai into its shoulder, following it 

 up with the second through the neck as the brute 

 turned round to charge me. It was the last thrust 

 that did the work, for as soon as it was delivered 

 blood spouted for yards from the bull's nostrils. He 

 made several efforts to charge, but could not, so my 

 people soon put him beyond doing further mischief. 



" This did not save the life of ' my lord ; ' he died 

 next day from his injuries, and is buried at the root 

 of the murruli tree where his wagon was outspannecL" 



Comment on Cigar's, the Hottentot's conduct, 

 in this affair, I will not make ; I leave that for the 

 reader to do. 



