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 .. . very much in appearance the animal we went to hunt, but great depth of shoulder and breadth of chest, and good girth, and some-capital points about him, though an ungainly, ugly brute, and very heavyin hand, with a tender mouth. We shortly met six Kaffirs, Avho told,us they had seen fresh trail of a troop of giraffes, and turned back toshow us. We followed the trail some four miles,
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 .. . very much in appearance the animal we went to hunt, but great depth of shoulder and breadth of chest, and good girth, and some-capital points about him, though an ungainly, ugly brute, and very heavyin hand, with a tender mouth. We shortly met six Kaffirs, Avho told,us they had seen fresh trail of a troop of giraffes, and turned back toshow us. We followed the trail some four miles, through thorns, andvery stony and bad travelling, ascending the different heights to try tosee them, but always following the trail as fast as the Kaffirs could keepup. I saw them first, full 500 yards off, seven or eight of them, and, onwhistling for Swartz, one of my men, they immediately took right away,with a tremendous start. We made good play, at a swinging gallop, right through bush and;stones, and, after a long burst, I came within twenty yards of them, stopped in fear and trembling of the huge unwieldy brutefe. 1plied him sharply with the spurs, and got him once more under way,,. (637) 638 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. keeping above the wind, as the giraffes have a strong effluvia, whichFrighten horses unused to them. We came out on the clearing, Swartz-forty or fifty yards in advance of me, and as far behind the giraffes. Thesight of the other horse gave Bryan confidence, and he bounded away style, and was alongside instantly, when they again dashedinto thick bush; here Swartz turned out a cow, the very one I had setmy mind on, and I at once took after a large bull. Now he bounded awaywith his tail screwed round like a corkscrew, and going in one bound asfar as I went in three. He Went Bang into a Bryan crashed through everything, and I lost my hat and toremy hands, arms, and shirt to pieces. At length 1 got nearlyalongside him, and fired, hitting
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