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jungle or by the wood-cutting which a large camp 

 in the cold weather necessitates. 



While we were searching for the lost track of 

 the buffalo we came across two bears, a female 

 and a cub about three-quarters grown. I shot 

 the mother with the -350 through the heart. 

 She ran off, making a great noise, and, after 

 going for some distance, fell dead. The cub, 

 which was slightly in front of his mother, seeing her 

 fall, turned back, caught hold of the body with 

 his forearms, and tried to lift her up. This dis- 

 play of natural affection rather put me off, and 

 I fired at the cub rather carelessly with the '450, 

 wounding him, but not badly. He gave a screech 

 and started to run directly past me into the 

 thick forest. As I threw up my rifle to fire the 

 second barrel, it went off in some unexplained 

 manner, leaving me helpless with the bear within 

 20 yards of me. He turned his head and snarled 

 at me, but fortunately for me he did not attack, 

 and ran on to the forest. We followed the blood 

 track for some distance, but could not come up 

 with him. 



After this incident we again turned our attention 

 to the buffaloes. Kana had heard of another 

 bull on the opposite side of the camp, and on 

 the following morning we began a hunt for him. 

 We visited some likely clearings before dawn, 

 and in one of these we found the buffalo grazing. 

 The wind was right, and it was a complete 

 surprise, and I very unwisely tried to kill him 

 with a shot in the forehead from the '350. The 

 shot was a difficult one, as the animal was facing 

 me, and his head was moving as he grazed, and I 



