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behind iis. George, however, pronounced it to 

 be a cow and not a bull moose. 



Tliinking that there might be a bull in company 

 Avitli her, Ave at once commenced to make our wav 

 in her direction, skirting along the lagoon just 

 within the shelter of the forest, which grew to the 

 very edge of the water. Before we had gone very 

 far George who was in front, stopped suddenly, 

 saying that he had heard something in the 

 forest behind us like the noise of a bull's horns 

 brushing through the spruce trees. This sound 

 had been quite inaudible to me, as African 

 malarial fever, or the large quantity of quinine 

 I have taken to counteract that malady, has 

 somewhat didled mv sense of hearing ; but I 

 soon heard a distinct rustling in the bushes, 

 and then the sound as of some large animal 

 walking in shalloAv water. 



" It's a bull," whispered George ; " he's 

 coming towards us along the edge of the 

 lake." 



There was apparently no wind at all, but we 

 W'Cre afraid that the keen-scented animal might 

 smell our tracks, so we started to meet it, 



