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 .. . g journey, withoutwater so far, and I shall be obliged to wait for rain before I can get out,besides which the ravines are now full of a poisonous herb, which is cer-tain death in a few hours to oxen, so that we are obliged to be mostcautious. Painter, one of my horses, was left behind yesterday for dead;thirst and the intense heat of the sun had, to all appearance, finishedhim ; but, to my
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 .. . g journey, withoutwater so far, and I shall be obliged to wait for rain before I can get out,besides which the ravines are now full of a poisonous herb, which is cer-tain death in a few hours to oxen, so that we are obliged to be mostcautious. Painter, one of my horses, was left behind yesterday for dead;thirst and the intense heat of the sun had, to all appearance, finishedhim ; but, to my amazement, he turned up again this morning, havingfound his way in the night to our old place. Chased by an Infuriated Buffalo. The best of my stud, Ferus, yesterday got desparately staked in thebreast. A wounded buffalo, which I was trying to drive, charged memost savagely, and none other but Ferus could have brought me safelyout. It was a near thing for about one hundred yards, and when shewas not two yards from my horses tail, taking advantage of an openingin the bush, I wheeled half round in the saddle, and gave her a bulletthrough her right ear and grazed the top of her back, without, (635) 636 VvONDERS OF THE TROPICS. doing her any harm; but she shortly gave up the chase, when Treloaded, dismounted, and brought her down. It was among hack-thorns, and my clothes were completely torn off my body. We had not:a bite of anything at all at the wagon, and no near probability of gettinganything, therefore I was rash, as a buffalo is a beast you cannot drive. The nipple of my gun broke short off in the worm the other day, andI tried every means to get it out for some time without effect, only mak-ing matters worse by breaking a plug short off that I had been harden-ing and shaping to fit all day. At last I made a drill bore, and suc-ceeded beyond my most sanguine expectations, and she is now none theworse. We are obliged to load heavily for South African game; six-drach
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