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this was no easy matter, A vley of water was at 

 hand, in which both took refuge, and it was not 

 until the hide of the elder one was so covered with 

 assegais as to make her resemble an irate porcupine 

 that she succumbed, her last and dying action being 

 to embrace her well-loved offspring. Cigar and his 

 party had some difficulty in getting Master Jumbo 

 to camp, but in a very short time he forgot his 

 affectionate mother, and appeared desirous of 

 supplying her place by brute and human friends. 

 When at meals he is a fearful nuisance, for his trunk is 

 into everything, and though he is constantly getting 

 scalded and meeting with numerous mishaps and 

 indignities, still it appears impossible to correct the 

 little scoundrel's proclivity of prying, and dis- 

 covering for himself whether what he finds is 

 edible or not. Sugar is his favourite delicacy, but 

 biscuits or mealie porridge are also much-loved 

 viands. Soon after his capture his skin indicated 

 that he was suffering in health, and that not impro- 

 bably caused by change of diet ; but now he appears 

 to have regained his pristine state, which I partially 

 account for through his having a bath twice a week, 

 on which occasion he is abundantly lathered with 

 carbolic soap, after which he is lubricated, the oil 

 being rubbed thoroughly in by the elbow grease of a 

 couple of stalwart Massara bushmen till he shines like 

 a piece of black indiarubber. The performance of 

 this operation gives Jumbo an immense amount of 



