Henry Bailey illustrated and wrote 'Travel and Adventures in the Congo Free State ...' (1894) under the 'nom de plume' Bula N'Zau, meaning elephant smasher, a title given to him by the locals. Much of the book is dedicated to his hunting excursions. One of the illustrations is engraved after this painting, which shows Bailey trying to avoid the attack of a wounded buffalo. In the publication it is titled 'Hitting me slightly on my right hip' and is accompanied by a detailed account of the incident: '... I waited until he was within two or three yards, relying on my nerve and straight shooting to drop him in his tracks. In this I failed, the bullet hitting him on his tough thick horn, an inch or so from where I intended. I had just time to jump on one side, and bend myself nearly double as he dashed past, hitting me slightly on my right hip in doing so .