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about fifty or sixty yards, I saw the tall grass only gently moving, as 
the animal reduced its pace to the usual stealthy walk. The grass 
ceased moving in a spot within thirty paces, and exactly opposite my 
position. I marked a bush upon which were a few green shoots that 
had sprouted since the fire had scorched the grass. I was certain that 
the tiger had halted exactly beneath that mark. My mahout drove 
the elephant slowly and carefully forward, and I was standing ready 
for the expected shot, keeping my eyes well open for an expected 
charge. Sanderson was closing in upon the same point from his 
position, Presently, when within a few feet of the green bush, I 
distinguished a portion of the tiger ; but I could not determine 
whether it. was the shoulder or the hind-quarter. Driving the elephant 
steadily forward, with the rifle to my shoulder, I at length obtained a 
complete view. The tiger was lying dead ! 
‘« Sanderson’s last shot had hit it exactly behind the shoulder ; but 
the first right and left had missed when the tiger charged down the 
line, exemplifying the difficulty of shooting accurately with an elephant 
moving in high excitement. 
‘¢ We now loaded an elephant with this grand beast, and started it 
off to camp, where Lady Baker had already received two leopards. 
We had done pretty well for the first of April; but after this last shot 
our luck for the day was ended.”’ 
The black African rhinoceros (Aselodus bicornis) receives consider- 
able attention, and Sir Samuel’s testimony as to its blind ferocity is 
confirmatory of all that previous authors. have told us about it. Of 
the white rhinoceros (A‘e/odus simus) an interesting account is given. 
From this we extract the history of the adventure of Oswell, taken 
from the writings of that African hunter of a previous generation : 
Mr. Oswell was one of the early Nimrods in South Africa, at the 
same time that the renowned Roualeyn Gordon Cumming was paving 
the way for fresh adventures. There never was a better sportsman or 
more active follower of the chase than Oswell. He had gone to 
Africa for the love of hunting and adventure, at a time when. the 
greater portion was unbroken ground. He was the first. to bring 
Livingstone into notice when he was an unknown missionary, and 
Oswell and Murray took him with them when they discovered the Lake 
N’gamé. He had a favorite double-barreled gun made by Purdy. 
This was a smooth-bore, No. 1o, specially constructed for ball. Al- 
though a. smooth-bore, it was sighted like a rifle, with back-sights. 
The gun weighed. ten pounds. The owner most. kindly lent me this 
useful weapon when I first went to Africa in 1861, therefore I can 
