Identifier: explorationsadve00wils (find matches)
Title: Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa;
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Wilson, James Russell
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Publisher: (Philadelphia?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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sembling very much in appearance the animal we went to hunt, but witha great depth of shoulder and breadth of chest, and good girth, and somecapital points about him, though an ungainly, ugly brute, and very heavyin hand, with a tender mouth. We shortly met six Kaffirs, who toldus they had seen fresh trail of a troop of giraffes, and turned back toshow us. We followed the trail some four miles, through thorns, andvery stony and bad travelling, ascending the different heights to try tosee them, but always following the trail as fast as the Kaffirs could keepup. I saw them first, full 500 yards off, seven or eight of them, and, onwhistling for Swartz, one of my men, they immediately took right away,with a tremendous start. We made good play, at a swinging gallop, right through bush andstones, and, after a long burst, I came within twenty yards of them, whenBryan stopped in fear and trembling of the huge unwieldy brutes. Iplied him sharply with the spurs, and got him once more under way.
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233 234 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. keeping above the wind, as the giraffes have a strong effluvia, whichfrighten horses unused to them. We came out on the clearing, Swartzforty or fifty yards in advance of me, and as far behind the giraffes. Thesight of the other horse gave Bryan confidence, and he bounded away ingood style, and was alongside instantly, when they again dashedInto thick bush; here Swartz turned out a cow, the very one I had setmy mind on, and I at once took after a large bull. Now he bounded awa;with his tail screwed round like a corkscrew, and going in one bound aifar as I went in three. He Went Bang into a Bush.* Bryan crashed through everything, and I lost my hat and toremy hands, arms, and shirt to pieces. At length I got marl/alongside him, and fired, hitting him high in the neck, and taking no effectwhatever on him. Here I got a pull on Bryan and managed to reload,still going on at a smart gallop, and once more got alongside, and, intrying to pull up to dismount, he

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