BULLET AND SHOT 



of charging, this demonstration was apparently 

 made with a view to leading us to suppose that 

 he was quite willing to do so in fact, that he 

 quite intended business. 



After killing this bull, I found a lump on the 

 withers which I knew must be caused by a bullet 

 under the skin, and on cutting through the latter, 

 I picked out an 8-bore rifle bullet. As the bull 

 was shot from the very camp at which Colonel 

 N. C. had his great adventure previously related 

 with a wounded bison, and as the animal was 

 standing facing him when he fired, it is quite 

 possible that this bison was the one which so 

 severely maltreated that highly distinguished officer 

 three years previously. 



The bull was coal-black, with very little hair on 

 his body, and though a magnificent beast in size, 

 his horns were small, yet they were worn down at 

 the tips. Colonel N. C.'s antagonist had, he told 

 me, very short horns. 



As I had shot the bull early in the day, our 

 camp being only a few miles off, I determined to 

 return at once and take my wife out on her pony 

 to see the slain monster. The ayah (ladies' female 

 attendant) and another native servant both asked 

 to be allowed to go too, and received permission, 

 but though my wife and I got back to camp in 

 good time, the servants delayed so long at the 

 carcass that they were benighted, and did not 

 reach camp till next day ! Possibly their object 

 was a " square meal " of beef ! 



