. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 297 gallop into the stream to join their guide. Although the drove must have consisted of hundreds, in less than a quarter of an hour, there were not left more than five or six on our side, and these seemed afraid to cross. Suddenly a gun was fired, and one of the animals came rushing past our tree with a jet of blood flowing from his chest. Suddenly it stopped, groaned, and sank down upon the ground. I cast a glance at I'Encuerado, who descended to the lowest branch continuing his gymnastic exercises. The young bulls on
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. A YOUNG NATURALIST. 297 gallop into the stream to join their guide. Although the drove must have consisted of hundreds, in less than a quarter of an hour, there were not left more than five or six on our side, and these seemed afraid to cross. Suddenly a gun was fired, and one of the animals came rushing past our tree with a jet of blood flowing from his chest. Suddenly it stopped, groaned, and sank down upon the ground. I cast a glance at I'Encuerado, who descended to the lowest branch continuing his gymnastic exercises. The young bulls on our side, frightened by the report of the gun, at last made up their minds to cross; one of them, however, stopping to drink, was seized by a crocodile, and gradually drawn under the water. A second disappeared in the middle of the stream, and a third, after a fearful struggle, reached the bank. The whole drove, goaded on by the horse flies, then resumed their furious course, and were soon lost in the distance. These cattle range the prairies in droves of sometimes forty thousand, and were originally imported by the â¢â ^(p''. 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 Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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