234 



Hunting Big Game 



advanced towards us in a threatening manner, 

 when the guide shouted, " Shoot her, Billy, 

 shoot her." 



Hy this time, we were within twenty feet; 

 and had she decided to charge, as at first she 



On a Gallop. 



seemed minded, it would have been impossible 

 for us to avoid a serious mishap; because the 

 momentum of so large a body, although shot 

 through the heart, inevitably would have 

 carried her on to the canoe, with consequently 

 greater danger for us than following a shot 



