21st And 22d. - At The Place Where I Left Off, I Now Sprang A
Large Herd Of Fifty Or More Buffaloes, And Followed Them For A
Mile, When The Wounded One, Quite Exhausted From The Fatigue,
Pulled Up For A Charge, And Allowed Me To Knock Him Over.
This
was glorious fun for the villagers, who cut him up on the spot
and brought him home.
Of course, one half the flesh was given to
them, in return for which they brought us some small delicacies
to show their gratitude; for, as they truly remarked, until we
came to their village they never knew what it was to get a
present, or any other gift by a good thrashing.
23d. - To-day I tried the ground again, and, whilst walking up the
hill, two black rhinoceros came trotting towards us in a very
excited manner. I did not wish to fire at them, as what few
bullets remained in my store I wished to reserve in better sport,
and therefore for the time being, let them alone. Presently,
however, they separated; one passed in front of us, stopped to
drink in a pool, and then lay down in it. Not heeding him, I
walked up the hill, whilst the other rhinoceros, still trotting,
suddenly turned round and came to drink within fifty yards of us,
obstructing my path; this was too much of a joke; so, to save
time, I gave him a bullet, and knocked him over. To my surprise,
the natives who were with me would not touch his flesh, though
pressed by me to "n'yam n'yam," or to eat.
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