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ones to be a credit to himself and the herd 

 to which he belonged. This was quite a 

 delusion, for I had just cleared the open, 

 and once more got into the thick jungle, 

 when on glancing back, I saw the demon 

 had again entered him, and that he was 

 as fully bent on murder, as before he had 

 felt my bullet cracking on his skull : this 

 had certainly bothered him for a while, 

 but he had soon shaken off the surprise, 

 and was himself again, hence his pursuing 

 me with such vindictiveness. 



" I had got a little start of him, and re- 

 solved to make the most of it, by dashing 

 head foremost into the densest part of the 

 jungle ; and where I could not penetrate 

 in any other way, I crawled along on my 

 stomach, gliding through like a serpent. 

 I was glad to find that these dodges of 

 mine perplexed him, and, at last, I could 



