20 A SPORTING PARADISE 



grunt that a cow would have uttered under the 

 same circumstances. Like a shot the answer was 

 hurled back, and down came the great bull 

 smash, crack, r-r-runk ! till he burst like a 

 tempest out on the open shore, where the second 

 bull with a challenging roar leaped to meet him. 

 " Simms was begging me to shoot, shoot, telling 

 me excitedly that c Ol' Dev'l,' as he called him, 

 would be more dangerous now than ever, if I 

 let him get away ; but I only drove the canoe in 

 closer to the splashing, grunting uproar among 

 the shadows under the bank. 



a There was a terrific duel underway when I 

 swung the canoe alongside a moment later. The 

 bulls crashed together with a shock to break 

 their heads. Mud and water flew over them 

 (vide the dust and decayed vegetable matter 

 whirl once more in a dense cloud) ; their great 

 antlers clashed and rang like metal blades, as 

 they pushed and tugged, grunting like demons 

 in the fierce struggle. But the contest was too 

 one-sided to last long. OF Devi had smashed 

 down from the mountain-side in a frightful rage, 

 and with a power that nothing could resist. With 

 a quick lunge he locked antlers in the grip he 

 wanted ; a twist of his massive neck and shoulders 



