. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . CHAPTER XLL BUNTING THE LEOPARD WITH DOGS, AND ADVENTURES WillBUFFALOES AND LIONS. N the morning of the 22d, say»Mr. Gumming, I rode intocamp, after unsuccessfully fol-lowing the spoor of a herd ofelephants for two days in a westerly partaken of some refreshment, Isaddled up two steeds and rode down thebank of Ngotw^ani with the Bushman, tcseek for any game I might find. Afterriding about a mile along the rivers greenbank, I came suddenly upon an old male leopard, lying under theshade of a thorn grove, and panting from the great heat. AlthoughI
. Wild scenes of a hunter's life; . CHAPTER XLL BUNTING THE LEOPARD WITH DOGS, AND ADVENTURES WillBUFFALOES AND LIONS. N the morning of the 22d, say»Mr. Gumming, I rode intocamp, after unsuccessfully fol-lowing the spoor of a herd ofelephants for two days in a westerly partaken of some refreshment, Isaddled up two steeds and rode down thebank of Ngotw^ani with the Bushman, tcseek for any game I might find. Afterriding about a mile along the rivers greenbank, I came suddenly upon an old male leopard, lying under theshade of a thorn grove, and panting from the great heat. AlthoughI was within sixty yards of him, he had not heard the horsestread. I thought he was a honess, and, dismounting, took a restm my saddle on the Old Gray, and sent a bullet into him. Hesprang to his feet, and ran half way down the rivers bank, and. HUNTING THE LEOPARD, ETC. 231 Blood to look about him, when I sent a seconc bi Ilet into hisperson, and he disappeared over the bank. The ground beingvery dangerous, I did not disturb him by following then, but I atonce sent Ruyter back to camp for the dogs. Presertly hereturned with Wolf and Boxer, very much done up with rode forward, and on looking over the bank the leopard startedup and sneaked off alongside of the tall reeds, and was instantlyout of sight. I fired a random shot from the saddle to encouragethe dogs, and shouted to them; they, however, stood lookingstupidly round, and would not take up his scent at all. I ledthem over his spoor, again and again, but to no purpose ; the dogsseemed quite stupid, and yet they were Wolf and Boxer, my twobest. At length I gave it up as a lost affair, and was riding down therivers bank, when I heard Wolf give tongue behind me, and,galloping back, found him at bay with the leopard, immediatelybeneath where I had fired at him ; h
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