BAGGING FIRST BUFFALOES. 85 not far off ; and very shortly we heard it bellowing, and soon found it lying down. A second shot quickly terminated its sufferings ; and both of us had the satisfaction of bagging a buffalo on the first occasion that any of these animals had been seen. Unfortunately they were both cows. A lion had scented the last one, as we found the fresh tracks of one following her footsteps for some distance.