keeping on after the horse, and leaving him an
undisturbed spectator of the chase.

The field of view embraced by the eyes of a rhinoceros is not large;
but, unfortunately for the hunter, as the frightened horse fled from his
side, it was he himself that came within the circumscribed circle of the
borele's vision.

Hastily raising the rifle to his shoulder he fired at the advancing
enemy, and then fled towards a clump of trees that chanced to be near
by.

He could hear the heavy tread of the rhinoceros as it followed close
upon his heels. It seemed to shake the earth. Closer and closer he
heard it, so near that he dared not stop to look around. He fancied he
could feel the breath of the monster blowing upon his back. His only
chance was to make a sudden deviation from his course, and leave the
borele to pass on in its impetuous charge. This he did, turning sharply
to the right, when he saw that he had just escaped being elevated upon
the creature's horn.

This manoeuvre enabled him to gain some distance as he started off in
the new direction. But it was not long maintained; for the borele was
again in hot pursuit, without any show of fatigue; while the tremendous
exertions he had himself been making rendered him incapable of
continuing his flight much longer. He had just sufficient strength left
to avoid an immediate encounter by taking one more turn, when,
fortunately, he saw before him the trunk of a large baobab-tree lying
prostrate along the ground. It had been blown down by some mighty
storm, and lay resting upon its roots at one end, and its shivered
branches at the other, so as to leave a space of about two feet between
its trunk and the ground.

Suddenly throwing himself down, Arend glided under the tree, just in
time to escape the long horn, whose point had again come in close
proximity with his posterior.

The hunter had now time to recover his breath, and, to some extent, his
confidence. He saw that the fallen tree would protect him. Even should
the rhinoceros come round to the other side, he would only have to roll
back again to place himself beyond the reach of its terrible horn. The
space below was ample enough to enable him to pass through, but too
small for the body of a borele. By creeping back and forward he could
always place himself in safety. And this was just what he had to do;
for the enraged monster, on seeing him on the other side, immediately
ran round the roots, and renewe