citement of the day's events, was seen to range his horse alongside,
and bending over in the saddle and placing his bugle almost against the
animal's ear he blew a hideous and terrific blast. There was a
ferocious bellow--down went the brute's head, and, lo, in a twinkling
horse and man were rolling on the ground, and the bull galloped away
unimpeded.

Roars of laughter arose from the discomfited one's comrades, which did
not decrease as they watched the savage brute in the distance charging
one of the retreating Kafirs, who seemed almost as much disconcerted by
this new enemy as he had been by the missiles of his human foes.
Finally both disappeared within the bush.

"Hurt, old man?" cried Hoste, riding up as the fallen one found his feet
again, and stood rubbing his shoulder and looking rather dazed with the
shock. The horse had already struggled up. Fortunately for it, the
bull's horns were short and blunt, and it seemed none the worse for the
tumble.

"No. Had a devil of a shake-up, though. A bottle of doctor's stuff's a
fool to it."

"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast--sings the poet. In this
case it hadn't," said Eustace. "Those ancients must have been awful
liars. Eh, Armitage?"

"You bet. Hallo! Where's my old post-horn?" he went on, looking round
for his instrument, which he discovered about a dozen yards off,
unharmed, save for a slight dent. Putting it to his lips he blew a
frightful fanfare.

"I say, Jack, you'll have the old bull back again," said Brathwaite.
"Better shut up. He's dead nuts on that old trumpet of yours. And now,
the farther we get into the open, the better. We mustn't camp anywhere
that'll give Johnny Kafir a chance of cutting out the cattle again."

"We've done a good day's work, anyhow," said Shelton. "This isn't half
a bad haul--and it's fairly decent stock for Kafir stock."

"Kafir stock be damned!" growled Carhayes. "Whatever is decent among it
is stolen stock, you bet. Not much sleep for any of us to-night, boys.
We shall mostly all have to keep our eyes skinned, if we are to take in
this lot safe. Whoever of us are not on horse guard will be on cattle
guard."

They were joined by the few men who had remained behind to guard the
corpse of their slain comrade. This was conveyed in a sort of litter,
improvised of blankets and slung between two quiet horses; and now to
the dash and excitement of the conflict and pursuit, there succeeded a
subdued