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try, and therefore would consider it a breach of 

 courtesy if he refused, he consented. 



As the colonel, Kermit, their gun bearers, and 

 the guide left camp, the chief warned them that 

 the rogue was dangerous and would charge the 

 instant it saw them. The guide took them right 

 up to the animal before they saw it through the 

 tall grass, and at that moment it either spied or 

 scented them and charged. The colonel gave 

 it a bullet and just then Kermit fired. The ele- 

 phant stopped for a second and as it turned to 

 run a second bullet from the colonel's rifle struck 

 it back of the ear, and Kermit fired again. The 

 elephant fled through the tall grass, and the 

 hunters followed the trail for some distance and 

 finally came upon the mortally wounded rogue 

 standing in a clump of bushes. The colonel 

 worked round to one side and dropped the ani- 

 mal in its tracks with a bullet through the heart. 

 It measured ten feet and nine inches from the 

 sole of its front foot to its back and carried 

 tusks weighing one hundred and ten pounds. 



The shots and the shouts of the guide and the 

 watchers were plainly heard in camp, and when 

 it became known that the elephant was dead 

 there was great rejoicing among the villagers. 



