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Title: Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr. Stanley’s late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition ..
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Kelsey, D. M., [from old catalog] comp
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Publisher: St. Louis and Philadelphia, Scammel & company
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and ears spread, desperately charged me. It was nowtoo late to think of flight, much less of slaying the savagebeast. My own life was in imminent jeopardy; and seeingthat if I remained partially erect, he w^ould inevitably seizeme with his proboscis, I threw myself back with some vio-lence, in w^hich position, and without shouldering the rifle, Ifired upward at random toward his chest, uttering at the sametime the most piercing shouts and cries. The change of posi-tion, in all human probability, saved my life; for at the sameinstant the trunk of the enraged animal descended preciselyon the spot where I had been previously crouched, sw^eepingaway the stones, many of them of a large size, that formedthe forepart of my skarm, like so many pebbles. In anothermoment his broad fore feet passed directly over my face., I now expected nothing short of being crushed to death.But imagine my relief when, instead of renewing the chargehe sw^erved to the left, and moved off with considerable rapid-
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ANDERSSON AND MAGYAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. 145 ity, most happily without my having received any other inju-ries than a few bruises, occasioned by the falling of the stones.Immediately after the elephant had left me I was on my legs,and snatching up a spare rifle lying at hand, I pointed at himas he was retreating, and pulled the trigger; but to my intensemortification the piece missed fire. It was a matter of thank-fulness to me, however, that a similar mishap had not occurredwhen the animal charged; for had my gun not then exploded,nothing, as I conceive, could have saved me from destruction. While pondering over my late wonderful escape, Iobserved, at a little distance, a huge white rhinoceros protrudehis ponderous and misshapen head through the bushes, andpresently afterward he approached to within a dozen pacesof my ambuscade. His broadside was then fully exposed toview, and notwithstanding I still felt a little nervous from myconflict with the elephant, I lost no time in firing. The b
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