I Was quite out in the open. or had
heard a slight nois" I 'ole tu ex
changing t ; se .5011 - I sti 4alwas~
loaded ob such occisionii lith solid
bullets) for the eight-pere. when the
s struck tog'tthte. Whilst I lai
00 the side on the ait-leap. peeping
oe topd he moved for :ard. and
°Ored the place wher a I saw the
bush move, in readiness to fire, as he I
was then only Id yards from me. At 1
last I saw his grand head, which he
held high, come through the bush, but
was unable to get a good view of his <
chest, as directly his head was clear
of the bush he lowered it, and my only
chance was at his head. Drawing at
hbead on his forehead, I pulled the trig
ger, but the cartridge missed fire. He, I
however, did not hear the click of tor
hammer, and before he was clear of
the bush I dropped him dead in his 1
tracks with the left barrel at a dis
tance of exactly 14 yards, the bullet
entering the center of his forehead
about an inch below the frontlet of the
horns.
