This Sent Him To
The Thick Jungle With Ears And Trunk Drooping, But Produced No Other
Effect.
I therefore returned towards the tent, fully expecting to meet
my old enemy, the bull, whom I had left master of the field.
In this I
was not disappointed; he was standing within a few yards of the same
spot, and, upon seeing me, he immediately advanced, having a very poor
opinion of an enemy who had retreated from him an hour previous.
Instead of charging at a rapid pace he trotted slowly up, and I gave him
the four-ounce when within fifty yards. This knocked him over; but, to
my astonishment, he recovered himself instantly and galloped towards me.
Again he stopped within twenty yards of me, and it was fortunate for me
that he did; for a servant who was carrying my long two-ounce rifle had,
in his excitement, cocked it and actually set the hair-trigger. This he
managed to touch as he handed it to me, and it exploded close to my
head. I had only a light double-gun loaded, and the buffalo was
evidently prepared to charge in a few seconds.
To my great satisfaction I saw the bloody foam gathering upon his lips,
and I knew that he was struck through the lungs; but, nevertheless, the
distance was so short between us that he could reach me in two or three
bounds. Keeping my Moorman with the light gun close to me in readiness,
I began to load my two big rifles.
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