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fell, but was up again in no time and tried to get at me, but I 

 was up the hill above him, and he was too much done to 

 charge effectually. He presently laid down, and not having 

 a bullet left I was reduced to the waiting game ; he got up 

 again and tried to charge, but after going a few paces laid 

 down and rolled over on his side. I thought he was dead, but 

 what was my astonishment when he again got up on his legs 

 and quietly walked off, and when he laid down again it was 

 as naturally as if he had not got a single hole in his skin. This 

 looked pleasant ; I did not like to leave him and I had only 

 one resource, so I tied my hunting knife to a long bamboo 

 and creeping up plunged it into his side just under the elbow. 

 This finished him ; he was a very large bull over six feet in 

 height, with magnificent horns. Atley compared him to an 

 elephant, and indeed some of these big bulls take more killing 

 than most elephants. On arriving at home I found the little 

 calf standing in the verandah, and it allowed me to pat it 

 without showing the slightest fear, it was such a pretty little 

 thing. 



One morning I was out after elephants and had been 

 following them for a long time, but the herd had moved on 

 some distance, so I bivouacked for tiffin, choosing a place by 

 the side of a small stream, with a high bank on the other 

 side, and opposite where I sat, was a well worn track with 

 marks of deer, bison, and pig. I took the precaution to have 

 the light rifle within reach. I had had my tiffin and was 

 reading the "Athenaeum," when I suddenly heard a snort and 

 on looking up I beheld on the top of the opposite bank a 

 big bull bison staring at me. I was much astonished, but I 

 carefully laid down the "Athenaeum" with one hand and 

 took up the rifle with the other, the bison standing all this 



