442 HIPPOPOTAMUS. 
the secretary, and Schultz the overseer of the wag- 
gons, having marked the exact spot where they had 
retreated for shelter ; and, thinking the opportunity 
too favourable to allow them to escape, nept close to 
the thicket with their dogs and their muskets. Schultz 
having the same day shot an ostrich, had ornamented 
his hat with its bowing plumes. Elated with the 
hope of success, he hastened, without stopping* 
towards the opening into which the animals had re- 
tired ; when suddenly, and quite unexpectedly to him* 
a huge bull buffalo came rushing out of the thicket ; 
and, eyeing for a moment the w hite plume waving in 
his hat, bolted directly towards him. Schultz, petri- 
fied with fear, remained motionless on the spot ; and 
the buffalo, taking him up on the points of his horns* 
tossed him over his head many feet into the air, from 
whence he fell a mong the branches of a thorny mimo- 
sa. Daniell, having observed the fate of his compa- 
nion, had just time enough to escape a similar fate by 
climbing into a tree. The buffalo, being baited by 
the dogs, and observing the whole party coming up* 
thought fit to retire. Poor Schultz returned to the 
waggons, bloody, pale, and almost lifeless, with ter- 
ror ; persisting, however, that he was not in the 
least hurt, or intimidated, bv what had happened ; 
but while he was speaking, he fainted, and it was 
several days before he recovered from the effects of his 
wound and his fright. This, says Mr. Trutter, was 
the last attempt he made to be thought a sportsman, 
having now learned by experience, that it was not 
the province of every one to turn buffalo hunter. 
Hippopotamus 
As this animal has been rarely seen by any Euro- 
pean traveller, the following anecdotes by Vaillant 
may not be deemed uninteresting. The old man 
(a Nimiqua chief) had not quitted ^ me a moment ^ 
