that the rushing herd was closer upon me, until they were within a few feet, and by the time I reached the
ditch I fancied that I could feel the breath from the
nostrils of a half dozen bison on the rear base of my
buckskin trousers. Then into the ditch I went, head-
long and into about four feet of water. It seemed to me
that those buffalo were half an hour crossing that ditch,
but I stood
perfectly
quiet in the
water up to
my waist until
they had all
passed over.
The ditch
being deep
and the banks
perpendicular, I had to
wade the
water for
some distance
up the ditch
before I could
find a place
where I could
climb out. I
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"Rather cold weather to go bathing."
had just scrambled up the bank and shaken myself, when up came Uncle Kit and Johnnie, who had heard the report of my gun and
