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across the water, making it splash in all di- 

 rections; in the meantime bang! went the gun 

 a second time, and there was another thud, 

 whilst he was still going across the water. At 

 this moment old Tom let a call out of him, 

 and this brought the bull to a full stop for a 

 brief second or two, when bang! went another 

 ball on its death-dealing mission, and again he 

 started in full flight. Then suddenly turning, 

 he came straight towards us; but by this time 

 the gun was empty, taking several seconds to 

 reload, which seemed an uncommonly long 

 time. As soon as the gun was loaded Tom 

 dropped his axe and made a grab for the gun, 

 began to pull the gun out of my hands. In 

 the excitement I persisted in shooting my gun 

 and refused to let go. In the meantime the 

 bull was getting dangerously close and made 

 the water fly in all directions as he made his 

 mad charge, until he reached within ten yards 

 of us, when he changed his mind. He now 

 headed again for shore, when bang! went the 

 gun again, but in the excitement a little wild 

 of the mark; the bull had reached a point 

 about ten yards from the water, when he made 



