The Hollow Was In
The Centre Of A Wide Plain, So I Knew That The Buffalo Could Not Have
Passed Out Without My Seeing Him, And My Gun-Bearers Having Come Up, I
Made Them Pelt The Rushes With Dried Clods Of Earth.
It was of no use:
he would not break cover; so I determined to ride in and hunt him
Up.
The grass was so thick and entangled with the rushes that my horse could
with difficulty force his way through it; and when within the dense mass
of vegetation it towered high above my head, and was so thick that I
could not see a yard to my right or left. I beat about to no purpose for
about twenty minutes, and I was on the point of giving it up, when I
suddenly saw the tall reeds bow down just before me. I heard the rush of
an animal as he burst through, and I just saw the broad black nose,
quickly followed by the head and horns, as the buffalo charged into me.
The horse reared to his full height as the horns almost touched his
chest, and I fired as well as I was able. In another instant I was
rolling on the ground, with my horse upon me, in a cloud of smoke and
confusion.
In a most unsportsmanlike manner (as persons may exclaim who were not
there) I hid behind my horse, as he regained his legs. All was
still--the snorting of the frightened horse was all that I could hear.
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