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fired the second barrel. He then stood, and I put 

 one or two more bullets into him, and he turned 

 and faced us, looking very sick. While I was 

 considering whether it was necessary to fire 

 again or not, Tagarru put a bullet from the 

 •350 into his chest, and he fell. Tagarru was 

 very pleased with himself ; and I think that this 

 shot was partly responsible for the subsequent 

 indiscretion which nearly cost me my life. 



Both the bulls I shot had well-shaped, sym- 

 metrical heads, the measurement from horn to 

 horn outside at the widest part being 43 inches 

 and 42 J inches. In the matter of size, however, the 

 heads were not specially remarkable, but a third 

 bull, which Gimlette and I bagged between us, 

 was a very large one, and has a fine head, the 

 measurement from horn to horn outside at the 

 widest part being 46J inches. 



On the day already referred to, on which 

 the Kikuyu porter was mauled by a crocodile, 

 Gimlette, when hunting on the right bank of the 

 river, saw a large bull-buffalo on the left bank, 

 and put a bullet into him from his '470 cordite 

 rifle. When I returned to camp he told me of 

 the incident ; and, after tiffin, we started to hunt 

 the wounded animal. As a tussle was probable, 

 I unwisely took out the spare '450 rifle, in addition 

 to my own '450 and the '350. Mabruki was away, 

 looking for the wounded elephant, but Gimlette' s 

 Swahili gun-bearer was with us, with Gimlette' s 

 •350 magazine-rifle, and also one of the Askaris 

 with his Martini. 



We kept along the left bank of the river until 

 we came to the place where Gimlette had fired 

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