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they had come. Just at this instant 

 there appeared in view, swiftly de- 

 scending into the depressed arena 

 which was, for the moment, the field 

 of action, the madly pursuing herd, 

 which had been stampeded, partly by 

 King's chase and partly by his slowly 

 following companion. The sight of 

 this so disconcerted King's horse, at 

 the critical moment of attack, that 

 he failed to escape the fatal thrust of 

 the wounded and dying bull, so that 

 buffalo, horse and rider went down 

 together in a heap, King unfortun- 

 ately jammed to the ground by the 

 weight of the horse, lying on his leg. 

 Although suffering from the severe 

 physical strain and in mortal fear of 

 being trampled to death by the flying 

 herd, King remained conscious while, 

 as he said, a mile and a half of solid 

 buffalo galloped past, more than ever 

 alarmed and terrified by what they 

 saw, and wildly rushing by him on 

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