IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



Suddenly the bull made for the river. The others 

 followed, and soon they had a grand time together in 

 the water. 



After watching them awhile, Rogala and Shin- 

 shooko whispered : '' Oguizi, we must follow the river 

 through the woods and get opposite the elephants. 

 We walked through the jungle most carefully in order 

 not to attract their attention. Fortunately they were 

 having such a noisy time that they could not hear us. 

 Nor could they scent us, as the wind was in our favor. 

 When we surmised from the noise they made in the 

 water that we were opposite them, we made for the 

 banks of the river. Finally we got a glimpse of 

 the elephants and crept to the water edge. The bank 

 of the river here was high and abrupt, so the elephants 

 could not charge us. I was very glad of this, for I 

 never felt comfortable when the huge beast was bearing 

 down upon me. It had been agreed beforehand that 

 each one of us should pick out an elephant and that 

 we should fire at the same time. 



The elephants, unaware of our presence, were swim- 

 ming without any suspicion of danger. All at once 

 the huge bull turned and swam towards us. There 

 was no way to kill him but by a forehead shot, that is, 

 shooting him between the eyes. The steel-pointed 

 bullets of " Bulldog " could do the work well. A 



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