Show LUCKY SHOT SAVED HUNTER at mercy of infuriated buffalo ahei gun was fired A hunter in south africa tells the following story of au an adventure witt vm a buffalo 1 I was in the tile act ot of descending sc the bank when a dutch hunter who was nas lower dowa dom the slope saw the dark outline of ura buffalo standing at bay behind tie th screen of reeds next instant seea it about to charge he shouted lorn hom hij there ho he comes and fired rather at random I 1 am afraid then rushing down the path ij ty which he had advanced he threw himself headlong into the reeds oa 01 the left this all happened in a few ev moments bw bawd ivr ad sufficient time to raise my rafka to my shoulder aad and firo fire as the tho enraged bull rushed rushel straight at me through the tile reeds will nose thrown forward and horns back As I 1 fired I 1 endeavored to jump a to escape the charge but my feet got gd entangled in the matted grass and I 1 fell on my back luckily however rf if my hold on the stock of rifle my aly first shot seemed to him for a moment but the next bi k A was as rushing 0 up the slope at me t shall never forget the look in hs 1 fierce eyes it was but a moment moments work to draw back the bolt of s1 sa 1 mauser r and to close it again 0 A aba pushing another cartridge into the breech I 1 had no time to raise the rifle to my shoulder there was barely time just before ho he was nas with striking distance to pu pull 11 the trigger with the stock under my arma nv while bile I 1 lay on my back on the tap toper ot the sloping ground without so 61 much as a groan he fell in hi him and rolled over into the muddy wall w two yards bards below with nith a great epi shot through the brain montreau herald |