Show K a Forest Bull BuU By MAJOR W V C HARRIS T BREAK of oC day da the theA I Ii hunters hunter were vere In the A saddle and the tho lava block which bounded J the camp haYIng having been w J passed a level leel tract rr s was sudden suddenly revealed a t l composed o of hard clay i and d destitute of n a nI mss I U f stone in an direction it i 1 r t mcl T t thorn acacias In ins fun full r bloom with theIr rich perfume loaded the morning nil air to satiety and In long lines and clumps separated the outskirts into a succession of delightful glades s of the most inviting aspect which promIsed to teem with wild beasts of crery every va variety 1 Five of the princIpal at attended attended tended In hi equestrian order their slender waIsts begirt wIth the scantiest est CRt and dirtiest fragments of cloth and their heads streaming with gr us a chosen band of Moslems from the retinue of oC Mariam boo be booing belog log ing out Ira In the tho flaunting spoils of lions and leopards which hind had fallen to their prowess This molle motley group of wild willi riders set on off at a furious pace across the tho flat some scouring after nt animal that was descrIed while others truer wood woodcraftsmen woodcraftsmen craftsmen diligently scanned the ground over oer which the they galloped Several ineffectual attempts had b been cn made to decrease the number or of orthe the train and the disturbance created had bad the effect like the tall of the tho rattlesnake of warning In all of oC the I approach of enemies Myriads of clamoring guinea fowl whirring above the grove In every direction spread t the o alarm far and wide and the quarry ry Q driven deeper and deeper Into the tho dark recesses finally took shelter ina In Ino o a sea of oC tangled which skirt skirted skirted ed the borders bordors of numerous rivulets of oC running water that pour their mud muddy muddy dy tribute Into the tho Casam During several hours thus fruitless fruitlessly I ly passed the strenuous and exertions or of the retinue were most unremitting to prevent success but a limited party part on foot with three of the tho governors braves were at to lead the way Into the covert coert Here the cast of oC a few hundred yards revealed the tho tracks of a buffalo and the frail Imil was carried through thick groves rocs or of wild whoso shady overhead formed nn na oral tural bowers and arcades The Tho tumult had now ceased While stealing in Indian Ne llIo through vast rast fields of tall lings flags and carefully avoiding an any pro projecting twIg the tho frosli frosh traces of tho quarry frequently demonstrated that ho he was close at hand and at length a splashing of water In the broad c channel H gave notice of his actual presence ESCAPES INTO THICKET Pao ho lendIng leading Mel Adol cast a keen glance through the intervening screen of blue and turning pointed to both his e eyes es From the rink h of oC the tho river hank bank a noble buffalo was per perd rolling from sido to side as It waded indolently across the stream whIch reached above aboe the tho girth ever eer everand and anon whIsking Its tasseled tall tail to dislodge a host of persecuting flies Its Intention was evidently to land Im Immediately mediately below helow the ambush taken and as less than fitly yards ar s Inter intervened ened each ench step advanced rendered the target more unfavorable A two ounce hall ball In the tho point of the shoulder shoulder der though It tum lcd the unwIeldy animal on Its haunches did not nol sum paralyze ze Its giant strength to bring it fairl fairly down and before an another other rifle could be obtained It had hurst burst from Crom the lie eddying water and plunged ed into inlo the adjacent No trace of blood lood rewarded the strictest scrutiny and after a few Cew minutes deliberation the attendants pronounced the unscathed but finding the tho party positive os as to the spot In which the bullet had taken of eC and firmly resolved not to aban abandon don the quest several able casts were made among the tall hugs that waved waed over oer the tho rivulet Fifteen mIn mInutes mm utes passed on without a whisper thou then a low whIstle from Cram the thIcket proclaimed the success of one or of the natives He had recovered the wound wounded ed beast recumbent In the darkest re recesses recesses of the tamarisk grove its red rede e eyes es gleaming through the gloom saliva streamIng In from Cram tile the mouth and the breathIng hard and husk husky A faint charge succeeded hut but Its strength was on the wane and andas as it stumbled across n a prostrate bough Its demolition was completed Singular pleasure could not but at attend attend tend lie tho conquest of this noble beast standing 19 hands at the tho wIther In spite or of every c existing disadvantage he avowed object or of the tho toilsome jour to the hot plains or of the tho had now been accomplIshed to the tho de delight delight light and nud amazement or of nil all whereas to have havo returned to the tho ling wIthout n a trophy troph after his sage roo re remarks marks upon the subject or of buffalo hunting would In the eyes ot of oer every everyone one have proved n a blot on t the e es escutcheon escutcheon cutcheon of the tho hitherto triumphant DO HOMAGE TO O HUNTER a aNo i No sooner had the tho unwieldy brute falleri than 1 Adam the th chief f of the braves g 1 severed the tho windpIpe with true truo Mo Mohammedan Io I skill at the tho head hed i t or of his hand band and falling prostrate on the he ground returned thanks nt at the feet of loo Iho victor ShIelds full of wa water n I ter to allay thirst were next brought from the tho river Eel Every crease was drawn and the solid hIde aner bein being removed wIth all expedition was for tor forthe the convenience or of carriage divided Into sIx portions suited for bucklers Repeated blows Crain froma a heavy stone J detached the tho great crescent horns horna from frog the tho beetling brow and those with tho Cho ears hoofs and ond tufted tall y were borne off orr ns as trophIes to he bo laId at the tho royal roal foot tool Elated at al the conquest In a few fow initiates of n a for formidable and much dreaded beast whoso whose destruction b by these rude peo plea pIea feat sometimes occupying many mant esteemed equivalent to the tho slaughter of eight pagans In battle battlo the tho excited savages were presently roo re retracing tracing their thel steps through the tho In or of the tho wilderness Flourish lug the tho spoils aloft In earnest or of vic victory Ic Ictor tor tory thc they alternately whistled and chanted their wildest war wor dirge and nud the deep chorus raised fit at intervals the recesses of the grove to rIng again Copl ht b by B Hampton n |