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without punishment, for we picked up next day two 

 dead, which with M.'s made three out of the five. 

 The others doubtless had received mementoes of the 

 event from my weapons, which they (i.e., the buffaloes) 

 were not likely soon to forget. 



Once, with Frank B., I was shooting at Myung, 

 and he wounded a bull, which only ran a short 

 distance, and then pulled up in a small patch of 

 long grass. His elephant would not advance, and 

 he called out to me to beat round and take the 

 enemy in the rear, this I proceeded to do. I got 

 near enough to see a dusky form, and was about to 

 fire, when the brute rushed not at me, but at my 

 companion, whose elephant turned tail, and went off 

 full score ! While holding on to the howdah with 

 one hand, for he was not used to riding runaway 

 animals, Frank endeavoured to shoot with the 

 other, but failed completely to stop his antagonist, 

 who, rushing in with unusual velocity, gave the 

 elephant a prod behind which impelled her several 

 yards forward, and caused her to bellow " blue 

 murder." The assailant followed up his success and 

 again closed, giving the pursued two more nasty 

 prods. All this time I had urged " Lutchmee " on at 

 her fastest speed, for the elephant and bovine were 

 closely struggling, the latter inflicting all the 

 punishment, the former not attempting to defend 

 herself. When I arrived alongside, I opened fire. 

 The infuriated bull then turned on me and struck my 

 elephant with his whole force close to the fore leg, 

 but fortunately the horns passed on either side 

 of my " hattie," so firing down I broke the brute's 

 spine, and he rolled over, but was by no means dead. 



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