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so close to camp that we could distinctly hear the orders being 
given to the men. We were within 2c yards of him before we 
could see him, and at first thought that he was dead, he lay so 
still, and I could detect no movement of his side even with the 
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aid of binoculars; but a bullet from an 8-bore brought him to his 
feet with a plunge, and two more killed him. Both these beasts 
were very old, judging from the smoothness of the frontlet or 
palm of their horns, the usual ruggedness being quite worn away. 
