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noise made by the rain on the trees. We plodded on for 

 another hour in pursuit, and were just crossing a waterfall 

 when the body of a huge bison appeared near the top of 

 a hill we were about to ascend, and some eighty yards off. 

 It loomed so large in the mist against the skyline, that 

 both the Carders exclaimed " am " (elephant), but 

 immediately afterwards we saw the horns, and, aiming for 

 the heart, I fired. 



The remainder of the herd crashed away, but 

 the wounded one did not go far, stopping at the 

 foot of the hill in the stream, among some thick bushes. 

 Here Atlay could see the bison, but I failed to do so, and 

 we were obliged to make a detour for a clearer shot. In 

 the meanwhile the bison sloped off, up the opposite hill, 

 which was crowned by crags and thick jungle. Here we 

 proceeded with the greatest caution, peering into every 

 bush before advancing. Atlay was well up to this game, 

 and this was lucky, for the bison, having rounded the 

 corner of a rock, lay in ambuscade in some thick bushes, 

 awaiting us ; but, on arriving at this rock, round which 

 the tracks ran, Atlay took me over it, and pointed out the 

 brute within five yards, head down ready to charge, as she 

 had heard us approaching. 



A bullet in the brain saved further trouble ; it was a 

 large cow, nearly seventeen hands high, with remarkably 

 fine horns. We then followed up the tracks of the herd 

 for about two miles, but as we neared them, they were 

 alarmed by the hooting of some black monkeys, which 

 were exceedingly hostile and demonstrative, and a 

 stampede occurred. Shortly afterwards, one of the 

 monkeys displaced a large rotten branch, which caught 

 me on the helmet, and knocked me over unconscious. 

 Being too much bewildered by the blow to aim correctly, 



