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went off alone, and I thought I had done with him. 

 The elephant I had first fired at only ran a short 

 distance, and fell dead. Ouabeet and another Kafir 

 of Wood's, who carried a gun, wounded and pursued 

 another bull, which also turned from the rest as soon 

 as he was shot. This I noticed as I galloped after 

 the herd. I had just killed my second elephant, and 

 had lost sight of the others, when my gun-carrier, 

 Amehlo, came running up, pointing with his hand, 

 and crying out, ' Sir, sir ! there goes another elephant 

 unwounded ! ' I did not see him at first, but after 

 galloping through the forest for a short distance in 

 the direction in which the boy pointed, I caught 

 sight of him. As I did so, I heard an elephant 

 trumpeting terrifically away to my left, and thought 

 to myself that one of the Kafirs was being chased 

 pretty smartly ; however, I did not like to leave the 

 elephant I was near, though had I known what was 

 in reality taking place, I should most assuredly have 

 done so. Well, I killed this third elephant, and then 

 rode back to the one I had first shot, where I found 

 all the Kafirs, with the exception of Ouabeet. I 

 then asked whom the elephant which had screamed 

 so fearfully had been chasing, and the Kafir who had 

 been with Quabeet said, ' Oh, he was chasing me ! ' 

 and began to relate what an escape he had had. I 

 then asked him where he had last seen Ouabeet, and 

 he said that when he left him he was still running 

 after the elephant they had first wounded, and that 

 he himself had given up the pursuit because he had 

 trodden on a sharp stump of wood and hurt his foot. 

 We then returned to camp, and Quabeet not making 

 his appearance at dark, we thought he must have 

 missed his way, and would turn up the following day. 

 Early next morning we returned to the elephants, 



