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shot at him with my last barrel, and I immediately 

 bolted as hard as I could run. This shot once more 

 floored him, but he must have borne a charmed life, as 

 he again recovered his legs, and to my great satisfaction 

 he turned into the jungle and retreated. This all hap- 

 pened in a few seconds ; had it been daylight, I could 

 of course have killed him, but, as it happened, I could 

 not even distinguish the sights at the end of my rifle- 

 In a few minutes afterward it was pitch dark, and we 

 could only steer for the cave by the light of the fire 

 which was nearly two miles distant. 



The next day we found a herd of eight elephants in 

 very favorable ground, and succeeded in killing seven ; 

 but this was the last herd in the Park, and after a few 

 days spent in beating up the country without success, I 

 returned to Newera Ellia,the bag being twenty-two ele- 

 phants during a trip of three weeks, in addition to deer, 

 hogs, buffalo and small game, which had afforded excel- 

 lent sport. 



