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right horn. He was now upon his back, with the 
infuriated bull attempting to gore him as he lay, but 
with great presence of mind he remembered the plan 
used in Africa for throwing oxen ; and bringing his 
full weight to bear, by pulling with his right hand 
upon the animal’s left horn, he twisted the nose with 
his left hand upwards in a contrary direction, thus 
exerting the greatest leverage upon the neck. In 
this manner he was able to prevent the horns from 
entering his chest, and, knowing that the bull was 
shot through the shoulder, he trusted that it could 
not survive a sufficient time to complete his 
destruction. In the meantime, his faithful K rum an 
shikari had rushed to his aid, and, fearing to shoot 
lest he might wound his master, he fired both barrels 
right and left in the air, close to the ear of the 
assailant, in the hope that it would be frightened by 
the sound. This had not the slightest effect. 
Throwing away his useless rifle, he drew a long and 
extremely sharp hunting-knife, and seizing the bull 
by the soft and pendulous dewlap, he held it tight, 
and with one desperate drawing cut across the 
throat he reached the spine. As the blood rushed 
from the severed arteries the bull fell struggling 
upon the ground, and when, after considerable delay, 
assistance was obtained, Julian Baker was carried to 
his ship, where for nearly three months he was laid 
upon his back, with a vivid recollection of his first 
interview with the “Bos brachyceros .” The head 
of that animal, carefully prepared by Mr. Rowland 
Ward, the well-known naturalist of Piccadilly, is now 
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