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"Exit Umbezi," I said to myself, and by way of a requieht to heaven, have an ounce of lead

in the ribs as it passed me After that I did not fire any more, for it

occurred to me that it was as well not to further advertiseexperience I cannot reht

as that which followed Out of the vlei rushed the buffalo by dozens,

every one of thee as it came They

jammed in the narrow roadway, they leapt on to each other's backs They

squealed, they kicked, they bellowed They charged my friendly rock till

I felt it shake They knocked over Scowl's le's nest had not its flat top fortunately caught

in that of another and less accessible tree And with the reed and puffs of hot air

It was over at last With the exception of some calves, which had been

traone Now, like the Roan to wonder what had becoions

"Uh the smoke, "are you

dead, U and melancholy voice from the

top of the rock, "I am dead, quite dead That evil spirit of a silwana

[ie wild beast] has killed me Oh! why did I think I was a hunter; why

did I not stop at my kraal and count my cattle?"