WOUNDED BUFFALO ASSISTED. 
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that, as water boiled at 202°, our altitudo above tho love? 
of the sea was over 5000 feet. 
We mot an elephant on tho Kalomo which had no tusks 
This is as raro a thing in Africa as it is to find them with 
esks in Ceylon. As soon as sho saw us she made off. It 
is remarkablo to seo tho fear of man operating even on this 
huge beast. Buffaloes abound, and wo seo large herds of 
them feeding in all directions by day. When much dis 
turbed by man, they retire into the densest parts of the 
forest and feed by night only. We secured a fine largo 
bull by crawling close to a herd. When shot, ho fell down, 
and tho rest, not seeing their enemy, gazed about, wonder- 
mg where tho danger lay. The others came back to it, 
and, when wo showed ourselves, much to tho amusement 
of my companions, they lifted him up with their horns, 
and, half supporting him in tho crowd, boro him away. 
-A-ll these wild animals usually gore a wounded companion 
and expol him from the herd; even zebras bite and kick 
an unfortunato or a diseased one. It is intended by this 
instinct that none but tho perfect and healthy ones should 
propagate the species. In this case they manifested their 
usual propensity to goro tho wounded; but our appearance 
at that moment caused them to tako flight, and this, ■with 
tho goring being continued a little, gavo my men tho im- 
pression that they were helping away their wounded com- 
panion. Ho was shot between tho fourth and fifth ribs; 
the ball passed through both lungs and a rib on the oppo- 
site side, and then lodged beneath the skin. But, though 
it was eight ounces in weight, yet ho ran off somo distance, 
and was secured only by the people driving him into a pool 
Of water and killing him thore with their spears. The 
herd ran away in tho direction of our camp, and then came 
bounding past us again. Wo took refugo on a largo ant- 
hill, and as they rushed by us at full gallop I had a good 
opportunity of seeing that tho leader of a herd of about 
•isty was an old cow : all tho others allowed her a full 
half-length in their front. On her withers sat about twenty 
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