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some ten or eleven of these large animals frantically 
rushed into the open and charged direct upon Shooli, 
who was kneeling with his arms around the calf. I 
fired right and left within 20 yards, knocking over the 
leader upon the spot, and turning the herd, another 
of which floundered upon its side after running a few 
yards. I reloaded quickly, and fired another shot 
as they disappeared, like fish in water, among the 
tall herbage from which they had made their gallant 
attempt to save the calf from danger. Shooli 
assured me that had he been alone, the herd would 
certainly have knocked him over, and have rescued 
the calf. 
I imagine that the animals concluded that the 
young one was attacked by some wild animal, and 
they determined to rescue it by an attack in force, 
thus exhibiting their affinity to the buffalo. The 
bull that was stretched upon the ground by the first 
shot was probably the same that had stood sentry 
over the herd, but had retreated to the high grass 
upon our approach. 
My attendant Shooli assured me that the natives 
frequently met with accidents from the horns of this 
variety (A. huhalis) when following up a wounded 
animal in high grass. Some days after this adventure 
I was out with the same man and another excellent 
fellow named Gimoro. We observed a fine bull 
tetel lying on the ground beneath a tree, only the 
head and neck being visible above the grass. Taking 
Shooli with me, I made a very successful stalk, and 
obtained a position behind an ant-hill within 60 or 
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