we've more meat here nor we can lift."
"But wouldn't it be as well to put the poor brute
out o' pain?" suggested Dick.
"Oh, he'll die soon enough," replied Joe, tucking up
his sleeves and drawing his long hunting-knife.
Dick, however, was not satisfied with this way of
looking at it. Saying that he would be back in a few
minutes, he reloaded his rifle, and calling Crusoe to his
side, walked quickly after the wounded bull, which was
now hid from view in a hollow of the plain.