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Exciting Chase of African Buffaloes

took to his heels. The Buffalo saw him, my friend, and continued in pursuit of and uttering a continued unearthly noise Frolic. between a grunt and a bellow, advanced "The Hottentot dodged the terrible at a pace at which these unwieldy creatures are rarely seen to run, unless stirred by revenge. brute round the bushes, but through these slight obstacles it dashed with ease and gained ground rapidly. Speechless we watched the chase, and in the awful "Crashing through the low bushes as if they were stubble, he passed me, but moment, regardless of concealment, stood charged quite over Moneypenny's lurking-up and saw the Buffalo overtake his victim and knock him down. At this presence of mind, lay perfectly still. crisis my friend fired his second barrel at Directly after the Buffalo stumbled and the beast, which gave Frolic one or two fell dead, and Frolic got on his legs and blows with his forefeet and pushing his limped toward us. He was much hurt, nose under, endeavored to toss him; but and the powder-flask in his game-bag was the Hottentot, aware of this, with much stamped quite flat."