lOO A GOOD DAY'S SPORT.

During the night some of us were awakened by a great noise in the grass near our tents. Colvin and Aylmer jumped out of bed, and, hastily seizing their rifles, went to see what was causing the disturbance. Unfortunately it was not a very bright night, the moon being partly obscured by clouds. Suddenly they came upon a herd of about thirty buffaloes, drinking at a small pool of stagnant water ; the beasts either saw or heard them, and went off with a great noise through the grass, fortunately for them in the opposite direction from that in which they were approaching. Both fired as they galloped off, but it was impossible in the semi-darkness for them to do more than fire at the black mass ; as they neither saw nor heard any fall, they could not tell whether they might claim the first buffalo. Early the next morning they started off to see if they could discover anything further of them ; and did not return to camp until nine p.m., having enjoyed an excellent day's sport. They had not long left the camp before they found the blood tracks of a buffalo they had wounded during the night. After following these for some distance, all the way through high grass, they came to a slight eminence, up which they climbed, and, gaining the summit, saw the buffalo moving slowly along the margin of the grass. Aylmer obtained a snap shot at about a hundred yards, with the result of driving the animal farther into the grass, where Salee, who had climbed to the top of a tree, declared he saw it lie down.

Step by step they cautiously advanced to the edge of the grass, sending Salee round to endeavour, by throwing stones and clods of earth, to drive the buffalo toward them ; this was, however, of no avail, and, thinking it possible that it was already hors de combat, they gingerly entered the covert, which in that part was sufficiently thin to allow of their seeing some six or seven yards ahead,