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his legs. Something must give way. The strain an the mighty 

 tusks was fuirj they did not, therefore, yield; but the portion of his 

 head in which the tusk was imbedded, extending a long way above 

 the eye, yielded and burst with a muffled crash. The tusk was thus 

 free, and turned right round in his head, so that a man could draw 

 it out, and the carcass fell over and rested on its side. This was a 

 very first-rate elephant, and the tusks he. carried were long and 

 perfect. 



A KAFFIR. 



