MILITA RY AD VENTURES. 4i 



with ball cartridge, and so we started 

 at once, and made for a thickly wooded 

 valley which lay to the right of our camp. 

 We had not proceeded two hundred yards 

 through the thick jungle when I heard a 

 tremendous noise of rustling, as if a large 

 animal was disturbed, and passing through 

 the thick underwood ; this was on my right 

 front. I immediately cried out, "Mark!" 

 when a huge bull buffalo darted into an 

 open spot of burnt jungle, and crossed it 

 rapidly. We all blazed away, when, to 

 our intense amazement and disgust, he 

 went off, apparently untouched. We 

 looked at each other in mute astonishment, 



till at last, M who was one of our 



party, proposed we should return home, 

 as he did not think we should have an 

 opportunity of trying at anything larger ! 



After a short consultation we all decided 



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