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open; and that Mr. Fraser, who was on special 

 duty with me throughout my stay in the country, 

 and Mr. Bunbury, the district officer, should follow 

 later with beaters and beat the jungle. My 

 son and I left camp before dawn mounted on 

 ponies, and rode about four miles to the place 

 which the bulls were said to frequent. The hunter, 

 who accompanied us, rode a buffalo which, much 

 to my surprise, shambled along and kept up with 

 the horses. The sun was nearly up when we 

 reached the place, but we were just in time, and 

 my son saw the three black bulls in the open 

 making their way slowly back to the jungle. 

 We made a detour and cut them off, and I had 

 a shot at the leading bull as he stopped for a 

 moment within a few yards of the jungle. The 

 distance was considerable, and the bull was 

 not quite broadside on, and the bullet struck 

 him too far back. I was using at the time a 

 Rigby Mauser magazine rifle with a -350 bore, a 

 very powerful rifle which I had purchased when 

 I had made my second expedition to East Africa. 

 The bull, when wounded, dashed into the jungle, 

 and the other two bulls made off in another 

 direction. My son and I had shots at them as 

 they went, and either of us, shooting alone, 

 would probably have bagged one, as, although 

 they were between 200 and 300 yards from us, 

 they were out in the open and were not moving 

 very fast. Rapid competitive firing does not, 

 however, conduce to good shooting, and the 

 bulls escaped. 



I then armed myself with my D.B. -450 rifle, 

 and we proceeded to track the wounded bull; 



