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cording to the custom of this species. After taking one or 
two more pictures Kermit edged in, so as to get better 
ones. Gradually the cow grew alarmed. She raised her 
head, as these animals always do when interested or ex¬ 
cited, twisted her tail into a tight knot, and walked out from 
under the tree, followed by the calf; she and the calf stood 
stern to stern for a few seconds, and Kermit took another 
photo. By this time the cow had become both puzzled 
and irritated. Even with her dim eyes she could make 
out the men and the camera, and once or twice she threat¬ 
ened a charge, but thought better of it. Then she began 
to move off; but suddenly wheeled and charged, this time 
bent on mischief. She came on at a slashing trot, grad¬ 
ually increasing her pace, the huge, square lips shaking 
from side to side. Hoping that she would turn Kermit 
shouted loudly and waited before firing until she was only 
ten yards off. Then, with the Winchester, he put a bullet 
in between her neck and shoulder, a mortal wound. She 
halted and half wheeled, and Grogan gave her right and 
left, Kermit putting in a couple of additional bullets as she 
went off. A couple of hundred yards away she fell, rose 
again, staggered, fell again, and died. The calf, which was 
old enough to shift for itself, refused to leave the body, 
although Kermit and Grogan pelted it with sticks and 
clods. Finally a shot through the flesh of the buttocks 
sent it off in frantic haste. Kermit had only killed the 
cow because it was absolutely necessary in order to avoid 
an accident, and he was sorry for the necessity; but I was 
not, for it was a very fine specimen, with the front horn 
thirty-one inches long; being longer than any other we 
had gotten. The second horn was compressed laterally, 
