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wandered about till evening, and then returned towards 

 the tent. On the way I tried a long shot at a heron 

 with a rifle ; he was standing at about a hundred 

 and fifty yards from us, and by great good luck I 

 killed him. 



On arrival at the tent we found P. and V. B., who 

 had returned. They had been more fortunate in their 

 line of country, having found two rogue elephants — 

 one in thick jungle, which V. B. fired at and missed ; 

 and shortly after this shot they found another rogue 

 on the plain not far from the tent. The sun was 

 nearly setting, and shone well in the elephant's eyes ; 

 thus they were able to creep pretty close to him with- 

 out being observed, and P. killed him by a good shot 

 with a rifle, at about twenty-five yards. In my 

 opinion this was the same elephant that had been 

 seen near the tent early in the morning. 



Wallace, with the Rhatamahatmeya and the 

 trackers, had arrived, and we resolved to start for 

 Cowdelle at daybreak on the following morning. 



Nov. 21. — Having made our preparations ovei 

 night for an early start, we were off at daybreak, 

 carrying with us the cook with his utensils, and the 

 canteen containing everything that could be required 

 for breakfast. We were thus prepared for a long day's 

 work, should it be necessary. 



After a ride of about eight miles along a sandy 



path, bordered by dense jungle, we arrived at the 



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