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surround it unperceived, we had but little difficulty in 

 approaching near enough, and, after some trouble and 

 confusion, in slipping a noose round one of its hind-legs, 

 for although it continuously made short charges out at 

 any one it saw, it would not go any distance from its 

 mother's corpse, and made no attempt to escape. Ulti- 

 mately we succeeded in securing another thong to the 

 other leg, and ten or a dozen men having got hold of 

 each, we attempted to drive it out, but, with pig-like 

 obstinacy, it utterly refused to go in the desired direction, 

 charging back on us, or going the wrong way, while it 

 puffed and snorted, and now and then squealed with rage. 

 At intervals it got jerked off its legs by the sudden 

 tightening of the thong held by the men opposite to those 

 it was charging, on which occasions it would lie where it 

 fell, and refuse to move. After a time, however, it some- 

 what calmed down, exhausted by the violence of its 

 efforts, and we hit upon a plan which enabled us to guide 

 it towards camp. One man was sent in front of it as near 

 as he dared to go, and was instructed to run in the proper 

 direction the instant it noticed and charged him, and 

 ultimately it settled down into a sober jog-trot, the man 

 still running in front, and I and my European companion 

 bringing up the rear, convulsed with laughter at the 

 ludicrous appearance it presented as it trotted along, fol- 

 lowed by its numerous attendants, all the while emitting 

 loud snorts, and its hide glittering with the perspiration 

 induced by such unusual exercise. 



We had anticipated considerable difficulty in getting it 

 across the somewhat broad river, on the opposite bank of 

 which our camp was situated, but it took the water better 



