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Circumstances IMPRESSED it upon my

] saw him pass over me, lying as
was upon my back, and next second
saw something else.
My men were little behind me, and
therefore straight in the path OF the
rhinoceros.
One of them flung himself backward
into the bush, and thus avoided him.
She second, with a wild yell, sprang
to his feet and bounded like an India
rubber ball right into the aloe bush,
landing well among the spikes.
But the third-it was my friend GoGo
could not by any means get away.
He managed to gain his feet, and
that was all.
The rhin.ceros was charging, with
his head low.
His great horn passed between Co
bo's legs, and feeling something on his
nose, he jerked it up.
Away went Gobo high into the air.
He turned complete somersault at
the apex of tie curve, and as he did SO
] caught sight of his face.
1T was gray with terror, and his
mouth was wide open.
Down he came, right on to the great
beasts rump, and that broke his fall.
But luckily for him, the rhinoceros
never turned.
He crashed straight through the aloe
bush, only missing the man who had
jumped into it by about yard.
Then followed a complications
The sleeping buffalo OH the farther
side of the bush, hearing the noise
sprang to his feet, and for a second,
not knowing what to do, stood still.
At that instant the huge rhinoceros
blundered right upon him, and get
ting his horn beneath his stomach,
gave him such a fearful dig that the
buffalo was turned over on to his back,
while his assailant went most amaZ-
ing cropper over his carcass.
In another moment, however. he was
up, and wheeling round to the left
crashed through the bush downhill to-
ward the open country.
Instantly the whole place became
alive with alarming sounds.
In every direction troops of snort
ing buffalo charged through the for
est, wild with fright, while the injured
bull OH the farther side Of the bush
began to below like mad thing.
j lay quite still for moment, de-
voutly praying that none of the flying
buffalo would come my way.
Then, when the danger lessened, l
got on to my feet, shook myself and
looked around.
One of my boys-he who had thrown
himself backward into the bush-Was
already haff way up tree. If heaven
had been at the top Of it lie could not
have climbed quicker.
Gobo was lying close to me, Sroanlng
vigorously, but, as / suspected, quite
unhurt, while from the aloe bush into
which No. 3 had bounded like tennis
ball came succession Of the most
piercing yels.
/ looked, and saw that the unfortu-
nate fellow was in a very tight place.
A great spike Of aloe had run through
the back Of his skin waist belt, though
without piercing his flesh, in such
fashion that it was impossible for him
to move while within six feet Of him
the injured buffalo bull, thinking no
doubt that he was the aggressor, bel
lowed and ramped to get at him, tear
ing at the thick aloes with his great
horns.
That no time was to be lost il l
wished to save the mans life was very
clear.
So, seizing my eight-bore, which was
fortunately uninjured, took a pace TO
the left, for the rhinoceros had EN-
larged the hole in the bush, and aimed
at the point of the buffalo's shoulder,
for on account Of the position l could
not get a fair side shot for the heart.
As did so I saw that the rhinoceros
had given the bull tremendous wound
in the stomach and that the shock OIL
the encounter had put his left hind leg
out Of joint at the hip.
I fired, and the bullet striking the
shoulder, broke it, and knocked the
buffalo down.
l knew that he could not get up any
more, because he was now injured fore
and aft, so, Notwithstanding his terrific
bellows, 1 scrambled around to where
he was.
There he lay, glaring furiously, and
tearing up the soil with his horns.
Stepping up to within two yards OIL
him, aimed at the vertebrae Of his
neck and fired. -
ITO he oortIn led