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I believed that Aden Aoule, whom I had left on the 
ground by the ant-hill, had certainly been caught, and had 
thus diverted the elephant’s attention long enough for me 
to get out of sight. Finally I managed to reach a tree, 
and I am sure that a sigh of relief escaped me when I 
found myself among its topmost branches. From my 
lofty perch I could now see the elephant walking about 
angrily near the ant-hill. He must have retraced his steps 
several times to the spot where he had first made his 
charge. 
It was some time before I saw the elephant disappear 
into a distant wood, and I could descend from the tree to 
look up Dodson and my boys. On going back to the 
ant-hill I saw no signs of Aden Aoule, and made up my 
mind that he had escaped. Finally we all got together 
again, and, to our great relief, found that none of us had 
been seriously hurt. Karsha had flung himself under 
some bushes, and had been struck in the side by one of 
the elephant’s feet as it passed him in its vain attempt to 
catch Dodson. Although Karsha was unable to walk for 
a fortnight after this accident, he may well congratulate 
himself on his narrow escape from death. 
The elephant was found dead the next morning, by 
some natives whom I sent out to look him up, a long way 
from where we had wounded him. 
THe RHINOCEROSES PROMENADE. 
We camped by a sandy river-bed, where tracks of ele- 
phants, rhinoceroses, zebras, and lions were to be seen at 
every step. I determined to have a try for the beasts over 
a water-hole, so I had a little enclosure built on a high 
rock above the water. I took my boys Karsha and Hersi 
to keep watch during the night, while I made myself a 
comfortable bed with rugs. But there was not to be any 
