118 BIG-GAME SHOOTING IN UPPER BURMA 



shoulder was exposed, into which I put a soft- 

 nosed bullet. Still he did not drop ; but dashed 

 off again, and again stood still. Another bullet 

 knocked him over, and stretched him bellowing 

 and struggling on the ground. I walked up to 

 him, and a fifth bullet put the poor beast out of 

 pain. He was a fine old bull about twenty years 

 old. He had lost an eye — there was nothing 

 but the empty socket. His head, though not 

 quite such a fine one as that of the old veteran 

 (since the span was not so wide and the girth 

 rather less), was sufficiently big to make the 

 measurements worth recording. 



Length. — Right horn, 27| in. ; left horn, 27 in. 



Girth. — Right horn, 14 in. ; left horn, 14£ in. 



Span, 3l£ in. Tip to tip, 25J in. 



His body measurements, taken between two 

 uprights, were as follows : 



Height from dorsal ridge to heel, 63J in. 

 (15 hands 3i in.). 



Length of body from nose to root of tail, 

 8 ft. 8 in. Tail, 3 ft. 



Girth of foreleg close to body, 22J in. 



My first bullet — a solid nickel — had caught 

 him amidships, passing clean through him. 

 The second bullet had struck the flank, but had 

 missed the bone. It had penetrated the belly 

 and passed out on the other side. As I looked 

 at his huge proportions I no longer wondered 

 at the dance he had led us ; the wonder was 



