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page number 51 Aug - get the shell of the cartridge out. I was very much provoked, and after I found I could not load I rode up close and fired five shots from my revolver into him with no effect than a slight whisk of his tail each time. I then gave up the chase as hopeless, although I could ride all around the buffalo, & dismounting got my gun in train but not until it was too late to follow the chase up. My horse stood firing first rate and enjoyed the chase hugely, the difficulty being to restrain him. When he first saw the buffalo on the bank of the river he seemed to comprehend what was up and started straight for him.