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and a great cow without teeth, keeping always 
outside, carrying her head high, and as wicked and 
' savage as she could well be. The bush was very 
good, a moderate breeze of wind, which I kept always 
below, but I had great difficulty in getting the bull out 
from the company of the 6 carl kop ’ (naked head). 
At last I went right at him, shouting lustily, and he 
bore away by himself, and I shot him dead in two 
bullets, both in the right place, at very short dis¬ 
tances. I heard Baffeta close at hand hallooing for 
help ; he had a large cow at bay, and his bullet was 
fast. I disabled her the first shot, breaking her 
shoulder-blade. Boy still kept firing, and at length 
he made his appearance with a bull’s tail in his belt. 
Thus we bagged eight in about half an hour. A few 
clumps of giraffe, a troop of tsessebe or buffalo, 
or a white rhinoceros occasionally crossing our path, 
with a small lot of gemsbok and a few quaggas, we 
did not deem worthy of notice. After losing our¬ 
selves, and a very unpleasant ride in the hack-thorns 
in the dark, tearing ourselves considerably, we got 
back to the wagons again after midnight. Alington 
unfortunately burst his gun, lost his hat, pocket- 
handkerchief, and ramrod ; Baffeta also lost his hat, 
but it was very exciting work. 
I hear that Swartz is only two days from here, 
and that there are a lot of Mosilikatse’s Kaffirs with 
him, to prevent his hunting in Mosilikatse’s country. 
Perhaps he will serve me the same. I am anxious 
to be off, and am only waiting for the teeth, which 
