Further Experiences with Elephant 



revived) the herd they belonged to were in this 

 valley. In any case, it was obvious that they 

 couldn't go so very much further, and that we 

 should, at any rate, meet them again. Good ! But 

 we should have to keep our eyes skinned if we had 

 to take on the whole herd with cows and little 

 ones. Bad! However, we would trek on like 

 smoke, and see what the gods had in store for us. 



I sent an orderly to make a flank march up 

 along the mountain-side to signal with a white 

 handkerchief if he saw them, and with a red one 

 if we got close to them without seeing them. 

 This precaution was necessary, as the country 

 here was covered with dense bush and stunted 

 trees, and it would never do to stumble upon the 

 infuriated monster unawares. It was not quite 

 nice country ! 



The white flag went up at once, and we kept 

 hard on their tracks, till quite soon he raised the 

 red flag and ran to join us. This probably 

 meant that the wounded monster was pretty sick ; 

 had this not been so we should not have come 

 up with them so soon. We kept slowly on so as 

 not to waste precious time, till my man met us 

 with the information that the big one seemed 

 very sick and was wandering aimlessly about in a 

 small rocky depression quite close to us, but 

 hidden from our view by the bush. The man 

 didn't know where the other two were, which was 

 decidedly awkward, as they might be on the look 



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