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but 1 could hear them coming straight on towards me, so 

 cocking my rifle, I waited for them to cross the glade to my 

 left. Louder came the noise of the crashing of branches ; and 

 out burst the leading aurochs across the clearing about eighty 

 yards from me, closelv followed by the second and remainder 



Aurochs' heads 



«jf the herd. Direc^tly the second appeared 1 fired at it, and 

 rolled it over. Reloading quickly, M. Campione and I ran up, 

 and found I had shot an old female aurochs, the bull having 

 'hanged his position while passing through the underwood. 

 * Stand still,' said M. Campione, ' they may come by us again ' ; 



