Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 43
er, almost loath to disturb the picturesquegroups by the crack of my rifle ; but the sportinginstinct was too strong for me, and, persuadingmyself that the loss of one of that herd wouldmake little difference, I picked out one that wasoffering a fair shot, and fired. I knew that I hadhit fatally,… … iSgo,] SIX YEARS IN THE WILDS OF CENTRAL AFRICA. 575 after going a few hundred yards, to find mygame quite dead. The others must have actuallycarried him along until life was extinct and theyhad to drop him. This strange fact has oftenbeen noticed by hunters. Elephants will do thesame thing, often…
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