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backwards, being hit again in the head by both 

 of us. He fell head down on the track he had 

 just come up and never moved again. His tusks 

 were 5 feet long, 17 inches in girth, and weighed 

 86 lbs. Double the circumference of his forefoot 

 made him 9 feet 8 inches high. 



So ended this happy trip. I caught the boat 

 with a rush, and in all the journey down I thought 

 of much kindness, of unselfish sportsmanship, 

 and of the glorious time I had spent in these 

 wild, beautiful, and little-known mountains. 



