92 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



hardly commenced than his musical voice was 

 heard some distance up the valley trolling the air, 

 " Lochaber no more," and shortly afterwards he 

 made his appearance. Besides a couple of spotted 

 deer, he had killed a large bear, and had fallen 

 in with signs of elephant that Googooloo declared 

 were not twelve hours old. We therefore deter- 

 mined to have a careful hunt in that direction the 

 next day, and after dinner, when our people 

 were assembled, gave the necessary directions. 



The next morning, shortly after daybreak, our 

 arms were overhauled, and as soon as there was 

 light enough to distinguish our route, we set out 

 for the spot where the doctor had seen the trail, 

 under Googooloo's guidance ; and pursuing our way 

 with difficulty, on account of the denseness of the 

 forest, after a tramp of about three hours, we came 

 to it, and sure enough there was the spoor of a herd 

 of seven elephant, which appeared to me to be 

 about two days old. Following up the track they 

 had made by trampling through the bush, we 

 found easier than clambering up the rocky Avater- 

 course, and in another hour we arrived at a grassy 



