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came on them again in some thin scrub. C let drive at him but the o^[[insertion]]n [[/insertion]]ly effect was to annoy him apparently for he spotted us & was commencing to charge when C bowled him over with one in the chest. The other [[strikethrough]] w [[/strikethrough]] one - which was a very old bull & evidently shrunken - would not go away but kept running up & down looking for us. So I gave one with my Manlicher - a soft nose - in the neck, being anxious to see what effect the tiny bullet would have. The effect was electrical - for he dropped like a log & never moved again. 
They were both moderate heads and the little old Bull must have seen a lot of life. One ear had gone completely & he had only a tiny stump of a tail.
On the way to camp we saw a water buck moving across out front. We cut him off & I was just about to fire when C forstalled me. He was hit right in the chest & we thought he was down but could not see, and presently he appeared crossing the river very sick. I gave him one hurriedly at 300 & knocked him over. But even then he was not done & had to have another when we got to him.
In the evening I went upstream to cut the Rhino