ELEPHANT FRIENDS AND FOES == 27 
hit him anywhere else you are not likely to hurt him 
much and the brain and heart shots are the only safe 
bets. I fired at his heart with both barrels and then 
grabbed my other gun from the gun boy, ready for 
their rush, but the whole herd, including the old 
bull, made off in the other direction, raising a cloud of 
dust. J ran around and climbed an ant-hill four or 
five feet high to keep them in sight. 
When I caught sight of them they had gone about 
_ fifty yards and had stopped. And then I did learn 
something about elephants. My old bull was down on 
the ground on his side. Around him were ten ortwelve 
other elephants trying desperately with their trunks 
and tusks to get him on his feet again. They were doing 
their best to rescue their wounded comrade. They 
moved his great bulk fifteen or twenty feet in their 
efforts, but were unable to get him up. I don’t know 
of any other big animals that will do this. I had 
heard stories that elephants had the chivalry to stick 
by their wounded and help them, but I was never 
sure myself until I had actually seen this instance. 
Some time later Major Harrison, a very experienced 
elephant hunter and a keen observer, told me of an 
even more remarkable instance that he had seen. He 
was shooting in the Congo and came upon four big 
bulls. One he killed and another he wounded. The 
wounded one went down but the two survivors helped 
him regain his feet, and with one on each side helping 
him the three moved off. Although Major Harrison 
followed the rest of the day he was not able to catch 
up with them. 
