uffal

people of the place set about preparing for the great fall bu

nd all the men who had a little money to spare pur

to be provided for all the hunters, provisions prepared, as they would be

but the boy pleaded so earnestly to be taken, and the loving, self-sacrificing mother, though she d

looked very awkward as, mounted upon Indian ponies, some of which were so small that the long legs of the rid

the ponies, as was only natural, looked remarkably well, while half-a-score Indians who were to a

e, but not at all vicious. No knight of old sallying forth in full armour could have felt prouder than did the Scotch la

t frame looked bigger than ever as he rode solemnly upon a steed that, assuredly, had never carried so weighty a rid

Ye'll have plenty of riding upon your little horse, and we're likely enough to find the buffa

ar flowing stream, where a clump of trees afforded them both shade and firewood. Farth

after a hurried meal everybody got ready for the day's business

said Mr. Macrae to Hector. 'There'll be mony way

chase really began his speedy pony, with only his light weight to carry, must soon run a

harge of the hunt, and under his short, sharp commands the

killed many score of buffalo in the course of his career. He had taken a liking to Hector, and he greatly admired Dour and Dandy, who, having vented their superfluous spi

'I will that if I can, but your fine h

isse, pleased at the compliment to his s

mile apart, the whole party covered a pretty wide stretc

e made to surround it without stampeding it, and to this end instructions had been given to the c

was a little in advance of all the others, pulled up on the hither side of a swale, and gave the signal agreed upon f

little distance, and then, dropping on all fours, peered over the to

in and grasped his gun more firmly. 'You be ready, eh?' Hector was too excited t

horse, and, having remounted, by making a sort of semaphore of himself,

hey were near enough he signalled for them to spread out in a single line, then, waving his gun above hi

herd, numbering several hundred, grazing on the rich grass in

ck turf, the opportunity to get quite close ere an old bull threw up his head, caught sight of the charging cavalcade, and in

ing as one huge black mass, they were off in full f

ch speed, and his excitement rose to its highest pitch as, urging his pony

ent, were already snapping at the heels of th

rs, caught up to the herd, until, at last, with an extra spurt, he charged right into it, and Hector, not altogether to his comfort, found h

ar frenzy of excitement, all Hector's efforts were fruitless. Not only so, but as the tremendous pace began to tell upon the buffalo, and their speed sl

ion, yet if by chance his pony were to stumble or put his foot in a gopher hole, bringing down himself and his ri

wits. Holding hard to the saddle he watc