"You gave me something to eat after all! Good day, and good riddance!" The boys tried to prevent my carrying the buck away.
"Come back!" growled the professor.

"I will take responsibility for that buck and save you from punishment.

Bring it back! Lay it down!" But I continued to walk away, so he ordered his boys to take the carcass from me.

I laid it down and threatened them with my butt end.
He brought his own rifle out and threatened me with that.

I laughed at him, bade him shoot if he dared, offered him three shots for a penny, and ended by shouldering the buck again and walking off.
Meat was cheap in Nairobi in those days, so the owner of the hotel was not so delighted as I expected.