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ready to charge out the moment he appears in sight. 
The object of an attack is an endeavour to first toss the 
foe as high as he can, and then to kneel and stamp on 
him. I am happy to say we had no accidents with 
buffalo on our expedition, though we had many narrow 
shaves. B- during a recent trip to the same 
country has been less fortunate, having had several 
gun-hearers killed by these vindictive animals. He also 
had a personal escape which was quite remarkable. 
As a wounded buffalo charged him, B- sprang 
on one side, and the beast’s horn just grazed his 
shoulder, knocking the rifle out of his hand. Before 
he had time to recover his weapon, the infuriated 
animal returned to the charge and chevied him round 
and round a small bush. At length, just as B- 
was becoming thoroughly exhausted, one of his gun- 
bearers incautiously showed his head above the long 
grass in which he had been crouching close at hand, 
whereupon, leaving B-, the buffalo went for the un¬ 
fortunate man and wreaked his full vengeance on him, 
killing him outright. This was indeed a lucky diver¬ 
sion in B-’s favour, who at once rushed hack to 
camp for another rifle, with which he soon avenged 
the death of his luckless gun-bearer. 
On my return to camp a relapse of fever kept me 
on my hack for a couple of days, during which the 
others shot a rhino, several mpallah, wart-hog, and 
water-buck, which were very plentiful, in addition to 
a fine lion. This last prize fell to C-’s rifle, and 
after a most exciting hunt. He came upon it near 
