Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . ered, however; but allKaffirs have great self-command, and they rarely, if ever, come to blows. Continuing his account of exciting adventures of the chase, Baldwinsays: To-day I have been successful in bringing to bay a splendid fateland cow. Accompanied by January on old Snowdon, two of mymen, and seven Bakalahari, we sallied forth, and soon found fresh trails,which the Kaffirs followed in
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . ered, however; but allKaffirs have great self-command, and they rarely, if ever, come to blows. Continuing his account of exciting adventures of the chase, Baldwinsays: To-day I have been successful in bringing to bay a splendid fateland cow. Accompanied by January on old Snowdon, two of mymen, and seven Bakalahari, we sallied forth, and soon found fresh trails,which the Kaffirs followed in the most indefatigable manner; they ledus in a regular circle. Though we maintained a dead silence, the elandsmust have got our wind, as we found from the trail they were off at fullspeed. January then took up the trail, holding on fast by the pommelwith one hand, and kept it in the most marvellous manner at a canter,wherever the bush would permit of it, for three or four miles at least. Ifollowed in his wake, my horse Ferus (fearless), who is in excellent con-dition, pulling hard. I should have called a halt, but the trail led home-ward. January still kept on at a canter through the thick bush. At. (628) A FAMOUS AFRICAN HUNTER. 620 « length I got sight of three cows; the rest of the party had done theirduty, it was now my turn : I contented myself by keeping them in sighttill we got into a much more open part, when I let Ferus make play, andwe went at a slashing pace over everything. The elands led me in amongthe Kaffir pitfalls, and I steered my nag wherever the fence was thickest,as being safest, and he jumped like a stag, and in a very short brushsingled out and ran right into the best cow, when I fired from the saddle. Ifarrow Escape. One morning I found five bull elephants, gave chase, and singled anddrove out the largest, and gave him a couple of pills to make him quiet;he shortly turned and stood at bay, about forty yards off, and then cameon with a terrific charge.
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