I WAS MUCH ASTONISHED, 
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time perfectly still iis if wmpt in rimazement ; but just as I 
pulled he made a quarter turn and the ball hit him some- 
where about the front of the shoulder which stopped him for a 
moment, giving me time enough to fire the other barrel. 
We packed up traps as quickly as possible and followed him, 
soon came to bloody and had just come to a check when we 
were all startled by tlie loud roar of an elephant close by. So 
" A BIG BULL mSO.V i TA/f/XG AT M/^," 
all thoughts of the bison were given up and away we went 
after the roarer. 
One day in 1856 I made rather a tall shot at a bull 
bison. I was out with Michael and whilst exploring the 
forest to show a friend a full sized teak tree, we came upon 
the fresh tracks and soon after upon a herd of bison, but 
they winded us and were offj Michael getting a quick shot 
and bagging a cow. After tiffin, on our way to the horses 
