. Big game shooting [microform]. Big game hunting; Hunting; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse. -j4 lUG GAME SHOOTING to slip, and he tripped up and fell lorward llat on his fac:e into the grass, which was some 2], feet high under the shade of the tree. The luiffalo, Ijeing so close to him at the time, overshot him, but whipped round, and I twice saw it give a vicious dig at him with its and then kneel down two or three times, when I could only see its stern above the grass. By the time I got close U[) the buffalo was in a kneel- ing position ; and, thinking the man was probably dead, I raise
. Big game shooting [microform]. Big game hunting; Hunting; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse. -j4 lUG GAME SHOOTING to slip, and he tripped up and fell lorward llat on his fac:e into the grass, which was some 2], feet high under the shade of the tree. The luiffalo, Ijeing so close to him at the time, overshot him, but whipped round, and I twice saw it give a vicious dig at him with its and then kneel down two or three times, when I could only see its stern above the grass. By the time I got close U[) the buffalo was in a kneel- ing position ; and, thinking the man was probably dead, I raised my rille to lire, when the man, whom I could not see in the longish grass, raised his head and shoulders from under-. 'I'hi' l) was iloM' ii| nil liim neath the beast's stomach directly in tiie line of fue, obliging me to divert the mu//le until he wriggled himself out of line, wjieti a coupl of bullets ai close (juarlers settled this cunning, savage, yet plucky beast. 'I'he man's back and the calves of his legs were covered with blood trom the bufl'alo's mouth and nostrils during the run, showing how \er)- close it had been to him all the lime. He told me afterwards that when he cU he turned over on to his back, and the buffalo made a bad shot each time it lunged at him with its head, or tried to kneel on him, owing perhaps to the fact that it was weak and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918; Baker, Samuel White, 1821-1893. London : Longmans, Green
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