this

occasion. Going down on one knee he aimed at the creature's neck, just

a

hair's-breadth

above the spot where he had been told that hunters

usually hit them, and fired. The effect upon the group

was absolutely tremendous. With wild cries and snorting

terror they tossed their proud heads in the air,

uncertain for one moment in which direction to fly;

then there was a rush as if a hurricane swept over the