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the porters and found that he was quite dead. 

 Tagarru's respect for me increased considerably 

 after this incident. 



I shot my second buffalo actually in the Lorian 

 swamp. I was hunting in the swamp in the 

 hope of seeing elephants, and while we were 

 in the high reeds we nearly ran into a rhino, 

 which was covered from his head to his tail with 

 white marsh-birds, which were evidently feeding 

 on the ticks. We avoided the rhino and sought 

 more open ground, as hunting in the reeds was 

 both uncomfortable and dangerous ; and in a 

 small clearing in the swamp we saw two buffalo 

 bulls. I examined them carefully with the 

 glasses and saw that their heads were not better 

 than the head of the bull I had previously shot, 

 and was not disposed to attack. Then, while 

 we were watching, the bulls separated ; one 

 turned off to the right, and the other walked 

 slowly, with his back towards us, in the direction 

 of the impenetrable swamp. It was a tempt- 

 ing opportunity, and we gave chase, Tagarru 

 having the '350 and I the big rifle. It was a 

 strange stalk. The buffalo walked slowly and 

 unconcernedly on, and we pursued, walking on 

 the animal's near side, Tagarru momentarily 

 looking at me in expectation that I would open 

 fire. But I was in no hurry : the buffalo was 

 not alarmed, and our footsteps made no noise 

 upon the grass, so I continued to walk until 

 we were nearly at right angles to the animal, 

 and then I fired at him behind the shoulder. 

 He was badly shaken by the first shot, but did 

 not fall ; and, as he moved away to the right, I 



