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ing up to her, while we stood ready to back him, fired 

 three shots at her without the least effect. She did not 

 even move, being senseless with the wound. One of 

 my men then gave him my -four-ounce I'ifle. A loud 

 report from the old gun sounded the elephant's knell, 

 *nd closed the sport for that trip. 



We returned to Nielgalla, the whole of that day's 

 bag belonging to Palliser four elephants and two buffa- 

 loes. We packed up our traps, and early the next 

 morning we started direct for Newera Ellia, having in 

 three weeks from the day of our departure from Kandy 

 bagged fifty elephants, five deer and two buffaloes ; of 

 which Wortley had killed to his bag ten elephants and 

 two deer ; Palliser sixteen elephants and two buffaloes ; 

 V. Baker, up to the time of his leaving us, two ele- 

 phants. 



