. Wilde Szenen des Lebens eines Jägers; . Töne. Bald darauf näherten sich sechs alte Bufl^Aloe von einem glen Hinterdus: Sie gingen sehr langsam, standen lange um zuzuhören. Als der Führer bis innerhalb zwanzig Yards von uns kam, Kleinboy und Ifired zusammen; er lief dreißig Yards, und in zwei Minuten fiel. Hiskameraden, nachdem sie die Angelegenheit fünf Minuten lang überlegt hatten, kamen noch einmal: Wir nahmen wieder den Führer, und er fiel auch. Hiskameraden zogen sich nach wie vor zurück, aber bald zurückkehrend, verletzten wir athird, was wir nicht bekamen. Der Mond war nun unter, und es war sehr dunkel; die Büffel wurden jedoch bestimmt

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. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . tones. Soon after this six old bufl^aloes approached from a glen behindus: they walked very slowly, standing long to listen. Whenthe leader came up to within twenty yards of us, Kleinboy and Ifired together ; it ran thirty yards, and in two minutes fell. Hiscomrades, after considering the matter for five minutes, came ononce more : we again took the leader, and he also dropped. Hiscomrades, as before, retreated, but, soon returning, we wounded athird, which we did not get. The moon was now under, and itwas very dark; the buffaloes, however, were determined to try iton once more, and coming up a fourth and last time, we shotanother old bull. In about ten minutes lions were very busy onthe carcase of the first buffalo, where they feasted till morning, taking another drink before they went away. Toward daybreakwe wounded a white rhinoceros, and soon after two black rhinoce-Toses fought beside us, but I was too sleepy to rise. On the 26th I rose at earliest dawn to inspect the heads of the. ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE. 259 thrpe old buffaloes; they were all enormous old buL^s, and one ofthem carried a most splendid head. The lions had cleaned outall his ent tiis : their spoor was immense Having taken someouffalo breast and liver for breakfast, I dispatched Ruyter to thewagons to call the natives to remove the carcases, while I andKleinboy held through the hills to see what game might be in thenext glen which contained water. On our way thither we starteda fine old buck koodo, which I shot, putting both barrels into himat one hundred yards. As I was examining the spoor of the gameby the fountain, I suddenly detected an enormous old rock-snakesteahng m beneath a mass of rock beside me. He was truly anenormous snake, and, having never before dealt with this speciesof game, I did not exactly know how to set about capturing him.Being very anxious to preserve his skin entire, and not wishingto have recourse to my rifle, I cut a stout and tough st

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