This was a great chance to hit him so exactly at such a range.

His skull is now in England, exhibiting the terrific effect of the heavy ball.
I had made up my mind for a long day's work, and I therefore mounted my horse and rode over the plain.

The buffaloes were very wild, as I had been shooting here for some days, and there were no less than forty-two carcasses scattered about the plain in different directions.

I fired several ineffectual shots at immense ranges; at length I even fired at random into a large herd, which seemed determined to take to the jungle.
After they had galloped for a quarter of a mile, a cow dropped to the rear and presently fell.

Upon riding up to her I found her in the last gasp; the random shot had struck her behind the shoulder, and I finished her by a ball in the head.