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lab," (watercourse.) We put up our rifles and both 

 fired at tlie same moment ; uttering a deep angry- 

 growl, she fell forward, evidently hard hit, although 

 the distance was nearly two hundred yards, and the 

 light none of the best. When she rose, I thought 

 her foreleg seemed to dangle from the shoulder as 

 if broken, but she still went on, notwithstanding we 

 let fly again and evidently hit her, for she gave a 

 terrific roar and turned short round as if to charge, 

 but her heart seemed to fail, and she slunk into 

 some cover close at hand in the centre of the nullah. 



" The light is not good enough for accurate shoot- 

 ing at this range, Hal," said B , as we were re- 



loadinjr our rifles, " but I do not think she can 

 travel far, I am sure she carries lead in her." 



" Of that there can be no doubt," I replied, " as I 

 heard the soft ' thud' of the bullet distinctly; how- 

 ever, we will follow her up, for I saw her enter that 

 isolated patch of bush in the nullah, from which it 

 would be an easy matter to drive her out with a 

 few rockets. I was only considering whether we 

 had not better wait until daylight, when we could 

 almost make sure of her, for the moon will only 

 favour us a short time longer, as the gorge will be 

 in darkness as soon as she sinks below yon wall of 

 rock." 



"No time like the present, Hal," cried B , 



climbing down the steep bank into the bed of the 

 nullah ; " so send Naga to the hut for rockets and 

 some of the people, whilst you, I, and Googooloo 



