246 BUFFALO KILLED. 



had risen some time,, and had given her light in exchange 

 for that of the sun ; she did not equal it, but she certainly 

 made it as much like day as it is possible for night to be ; 

 we could see everything, out of the shades of the forest, 

 quite as distinctly as by daylight. A large herd of wild 

 pigs had come out to have a peep at the open glade in 

 which we were; they loomed large in the distance, and 

 we mistook them for buffaloes ; upon getting near enough 

 for a shot, they were discovered to be bush-pigs. We shot 

 a couple before they knew of our approach. 



On the occasion that I mentioned of buffalo-shooting, 

 while on my trip up the country with the Kaffir Inkau, 

 he led on quietly and steadily, and at length stopped, and 

 slowly raising his arm, pointed in the direction of a large 

 tree. I followed his point, and saw a fine old buffalo stand- 

 ing with his ears moving about, and his snout in the air. 

 I brought both barrels to the full-cock, by the " artful 

 dodge," without noise, and gave the contents to him right 

 and left behind the shoulder, when he sprang forward, and 

 dashed wildly through the forest. After rushing a hundred 

 yards or so, at full speed, he dropped dead. 



I went across the Umlass for a week's shooting with a 

 Kaffir named M'untu; near his kraal there was some 

 undulating ground sprinkled with bush, which was said 

 to be visited occasionally by buffalo. Having one of 

 my horses fit to go, I was anxious for a gallop after these 

 wide-awake fellows. Starting at peep of day, I found a 

 herd of ten or twelve grazing near a ravine; they saw 

 or heard me from a considerable distance, and sneaked 

 into the ravine. 



