IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



beast he was ! He had two enormous tusks, but, as was 

 ahvays the case, they were not of the same length and 



weight. 



We left the bull, and went into the forest in search 

 of the two cow elephants, for Rogala and Shinshooko 

 were sure that they had wounded them and that they 

 had probably died in the forest not far from the place 

 where they were shot. 



We had landed where we had seen them leave the 

 river, and saw some blood on the ground. Following 

 their tracks, we came to a dead cow elephant. 



" Let us go after the other one," said the two men. 



In the meantime they had reloaded their guns. We 

 followed the track the other cow elephant had left be- 

 hind. After a short time we came up with her, seated 

 apparently on her knees. As soon as she saw us she 

 got up to charge, but she had not gone five steps when 

 she fell dead. 



Then we went back to the plantation, and the 

 following day all, including the women, returned 

 with axes and baskets to get the tusks, and as much 

 of the meat as we could. 



The huge tusks of the bull were imbedded in his 

 head over thirty-one inches, so there were only about 

 four feet of the tusk outside. He was ten feet in 

 height, and had fine big ears. The hair on his tail 



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