Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . ^ werethen experiencing. BY BURTON, SPEKE AND GRANT. 179 For this triple business I allowed three days, during whichtime, always eager to shoot something, either for scienceor the pot, I killed abicornis rhinoceros, at a distance of five. Capt. Grant. paces only, * * * as the beast stood quietly feeding in thebush; and I also shot a bitch-fox, * * * whose ill-omenedcry often alarms the natives by forewarning them of was rather tame sport; but ne
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . ^ werethen experiencing. BY BURTON, SPEKE AND GRANT. 179 For this triple business I allowed three days, during whichtime, always eager to shoot something, either for scienceor the pot, I killed abicornis rhinoceros, at a distance of five. Capt. Grant. paces only, * * * as the beast stood quietly feeding in thebush; and I also shot a bitch-fox, * * * whose ill-omenedcry often alarms the natives by forewarning them of was rather tame sport; but next day I had better fun,1^ 180 SEAKCH FOR THE NILE SOURCES *Starting in the early morning, accompanied by two ofSheikh Saids boys, Suliman and Faraj, each carrying a rifle,while I carried a shot-gun, w^e followed a foot-path to thewestward in the wilderness of Mgunda Mkhali. There, afterwalking a short while in the bush, as I heard the grunt of abuffalo close on my left, I took Blissett in hand, andwalked to where I soon espied a large herd quietly were quite unconscious of my approach, so I took a shotat a cow, and wounded her; then, after reloading, put a ballin a bull, and staggered him also. This caused great con-fusion among them; but, as none of the animals knew wherethe shots came from, they simply shifted about in a fidgetymanner, allowing me to
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