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memory. He had wounded a bull elephant, and followed 

 its track until nightfall. He camped down for the night. 

 Next morning he resumed the pursuit, and at last came 

 to where the elephant had met a buffalo, for the two 

 spoors were side by side. A little farther on he came 

 in view of the elephant and the buffalo walking along 

 together. He ran round ahead and waited for them. As 

 they passed he gave the elephant another shot. The 

 elephant seemed to imagine that the injury had come 

 from the buffalo, for he at once turned and knocked 

 down the buffalo and trampled him to death. Mean- 

 while Umkotyisa, having reloaded, fired another shot, 

 and killed the elephant. 



The next day he accompanied me shooting. His dog 

 and Four-and-six started a sort of cheetah and brought 

 it to bay in a hollow. We ran up and I finished it 

 off. 



One evening I made a very peculiar shot, which fixed 

 itself upon my memory. A large troop of blue wilde- 

 beeste and zebras which had evidently been disturbed 

 by somebody else, or by lions, came galloping along to 

 my left hand and were passing me at a distance of about 

 250 yards. They saw me and suddenly pulled up. I 

 gave a wildebeeste bull a ball in the collar which dropped 

 him on the spot. The troop started running again, and 

 as they were passing me broadside and raising a great 

 dust and clatter I fired the other barrel. A zebra at 

 once turned out of the troop and came running at me. 

 There was something very eccentric in his course, for he 

 veered about wildly, now and then coming in collision 

 with small thorn bushes. I reloaded, and as he passed 

 gave him another shot which settled him. 



On going up to examine him I found that my first 



