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march. Here a borele opposed our farther progress, 

 and we had to stone him out of our way. The ele- 

 phant came on, and presently got the wind of where 

 we had been lying. This at once seemed to awaUe his 

 suspicions, for he stood still among the trees, stretching 

 his trunk from side to side to catch the scent, and 

 doubtful whether he should advance or retreat. We 

 then ran toward him, and stalked in within forty yards 

 of where he stood, and, taking up a position behind a 

 bush, awaited his forward movement. The elephant 

 came slowly forward, and I thought would pass to wind- 

 ward of us, when he suddenly altered his course, and 

 walked boldly forward right for where we stood. He 

 came on until within seven or eight yards, when I 

 coughed loudly to turn him. He tossed up his trunk 

 and turned quickly round to fly ; as he turned, how- 

 ever, we fired together, when the elephant uttered a 

 shrill cry of distress, and crashed away, evidently hard 

 hit. When this bull was standing before us, we both 

 remarked that he was the finest we had seen that night : 

 his tusks were extremely long, thick, and very un- 

 usually wide set. 



We now returned to the fountain, and once rnore lay 

 down to watch. Rhinoceroses, both black and white, 

 were parading around us all night in every direction. 

 We had lain but a short time when I detected a single 

 old bull elephant approaching from the south by the 

 same path which all the others had held. This ele- 

 phant must have been very thirsty, for he came boldly 

 on without any hesitation, and, keeping to windward, 

 walked past within about eight yards of us. AVe fired 

 at the same moment ; the elephant wheeled about, and, 

 after running a hundred yards, reduced his pace to a 

 slow walk. I clapped Carey on the shoulder, and •iaiJ. 



