African hunting, from Natal to the Zambesi : including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. From 1852 to 1860 (1863)
Baldwin, William Charles, Powell, W. T. R., former owner. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · London : R. Bentley · leaf 117
SEA-BULL. 89 surprise, instead of endeavouring to make his escape, he charged right at me, at great speed. He stopped for a second about twenty yards off, and I gave him a pill under the ear, which made him spin round and round like a top. I fired two more bullets into his body without effect,… … with a third (meant for his head), and began to fear we were to lose him altogether, as he seemed recovering, and was gradually getting farther and farther away into deep water, and giving very poor chances of a shot. The sun was shining so directly on him, that I could not see to shoot a bit ; the…
Hunting
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