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fell, but was up again in no Ume and tried to get at me, but I 
was up the hill above him, and he was too much done to 
charge effectually. He presently laid down, and not having 
a bullet left I was reduced to the waiting game ; he got up 
again and tried to charge, but after going a few paces laid 
down and rolled over on his side. I thought he was dead» but 
what was my astonishment when he again got up on his legs 
and quietly walked off, and when he laid down again it was 
as naturally as if he had not got a single hole in his skin. This 
looked pleasant ; I did not like to leave him and I had only 
one resource, so I tied my hunting knife to a long bamboo 
and creeping up plunged it into his side just under the elbow. 
This finished him ; he was a very large bull over six feet In 
height, w^ith magnificent horns. Atley compared htm to an 
elephant, and indeed some of these big bulls take more killing 
than most elephants. On arriving at home I found the litde 
calf standing in the verandah, and it allowed me to pat it 
without showing the slightest fear, it was such a pretty little 
thing. 
One morning I was out after elephants and had been 
following them for a long time, but the herd had moved on 
some distance, so I bivouacked for tiffin, choosing a place by 
the side of a small stream, with a high bank on the other 
side, and opposite where I sat, was a well worn track with 
marks of deer, bison, and pig. I took the precaution to have 
the light rifle within reach. I had had my tiffin and was 
reading the " Athen^eutn," when I suddenly heard a snort and 
on looking up I beheld on the top of the o[iposlte bank a 
big bull bison staring at me. I was much astonished, but I 
carefully laid down the ''Athenseum" with one hand and 
took up the rifle with the other, the bison standing all this 
