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for a moment, and I planted a second bullet in 

 her neck. She then swung round and galloped 

 from left to right across our front. Judd, in the 

 meantime, to prevent possible trouble, had put 

 two solid bullets from a '577 cordite rifle into 

 the young rhino, which sheered off. As the 

 cow galloped across our front Judd and I put 

 four bullets into her, two from a "577 and two 

 from a '450 cordite rifle. One of my shots made 

 her stagger, but she held gallantly on. I proceeded 

 to follow her, but Judd strongly urged me to 

 shoot, so I sat down and commenced shooting 

 at her stern, and at the sixth shot she collapsed 

 and sat down. While we were inspecting the 

 cow the young rhino appeared and circled round 

 for some time, looking for its mother. Apparently 

 the two solid bullets from the '577 had not caused 

 the animal any serious injury or inconvenience. 

 Two days after this I had an unsuccessful 

 encounter with a rhino. I was hunting alone, 

 and my gun-bearer saw a rhino standing in a 

 thicket which was surrounded by comparatively 

 open country. I tried to stalk him, but he 

 winded us and bolted back through the thicket. 

 I followed on the outside, and when the rhino 

 emerged from the thicket at a gallop I sat down 

 on the grass and put a solid bullet into his stern. 

 Resenting this treatment, he stopped and turned 

 to face his assailant ; and I thought I was in for 

 a tussle. A bullet from the second barrel, however, 

 made him change his mind, and he sought refuge 

 in flight. There was no blood, and, as I had 

 used solid bullets, and the distance was consider- 

 able, the rhino was probably not seriously injured. 



