282 The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. 



having been separated from the herd in the late melee. 

 Wortley shot him, this making eight killed. 



When within a mile of the tent, as we were riding 

 along a path through a thick thorny jungle, an immense 

 rogue elephant stalked across our road. I fired the 

 four-ounce through his shoulder, to the great satisfac- 

 tion of Banda and the natives, although we never had 

 a chance of proving what the effect had been, as he 

 was soon lost in the thick jungle. A short time after 

 this we reached the tent, having had the perfection of 

 sport in elephant-shooting, although luck had been 

 against us in making a large bag. 



Dec. 2. The scouts having been sent out at day- 

 break, returned early, having found another herd of 

 elephants. On our way to the spot Palliser fired at a 

 rogue, but without effect. 



On arrival at the jungle in which the elephants were 

 reported to be, we heard from the watchers that a rogue 

 was located in the same jungle, in attendance upon the 

 herd. This was now a regular thing to ^expect, and 

 compelled us to be exceedingly cautious. 



Just as we were stalking through the jungle on the 

 track of the herd, we came upon the rogue himself. 

 Wortley fired at him but without effect, and unfortu- 

 nately the shot frightened the herd, which was not a 

 quarter of a mile distant, and the elephants retreated to 

 a large tract of thick jungle country, where pursuit was 

 impracticable. Our party was too large for shooting 

 " rogues " with any degree of success. These brutes, 

 being always on the alert, require the most careful 

 stalking. There is only one way to kill them with any 

 certainty. Two persons, at most, to attack ; each per- 

 son to be accompanied by only one gun-bearer, who 



