I
had now become so excited with the incident, that I determined to give
him one more shot any way.
"Nerving my horse again, I made another dash, after the rhinoceros, and
coming up pretty close to him, I again fired, though with little
effect, the ball striking some thick portion of his skin and doing no
harm.
"Feeling that I did not care to run the chance of the huge brute again
charging me, and believing that my rifle-ball was not powerful enough
to kill him, I determined to give up the pursuit, and accordingly let
him run off while I returned to the camp."
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Directions for Reading.--Let pupils mark _inflections_ in the first
sentence of the lesson.
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Language Lesson.--Let pupils express in other words the meaning of
what is given below in dark type.
"I expected that he would _come to bay_."
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LESSON L.
per'il, _great danger that is near one_.
pru'dent, _careful in regard to what may happen_.
con'fi dence, _courage; freedom from doubt_.
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