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but I remained on the spot with a Pathan orderly, 

 who was on duty with me, and told my son to 

 ask Mr. Bunbury to send back the hunter who 

 was with us in the morning. In a short time the 

 hunter appeared, and, while I was standing outside 

 the forest with the two men, there was a yap 

 from one of the dogs, and then a tremendous 

 snort, which evidently came, as we all recognised, 

 from the wounded bull. I proceeded to enter 

 the jungle, but the orderly, Suleiman, showed 

 the white feather and would not accompany 

 me. 



" Don't go, Sahib," he said ; " he will kill you." 

 He was a Pathan from the Hazara district of the 

 North- West Frontier provinces, who had gone to 

 Borneo as a lad, and was employed in the Indian 

 Police in the service of the Chartered Company. 

 He was an intelligent man, and was very useful 

 to me as an interpreter; but he showed a great 

 want of spirit on this occasion. The Malay 

 hunter accompanied me for a short distance, 

 but, crouching down, he either saw, or thought he 

 saw, the bull and retreated, leaving me alone. 

 A second snort from the jungle, however, gave 

 me the direction ; and, as I advanced, I saw the 

 bull coming slowly towards me through the trees 

 and bushes. He came straight for me, and may 

 have intended to charge when he was near enough. 

 On the other hand, it is quite possible that he 

 did not see me. He gave me a good chance, 

 and a shot from the '450 rifle laid him low. 



A female timbadau also was shot, but I do not 

 think that any other bulls were seen. 



I then went on to the next camp, and the others 



