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were, in fact, like sailors going to sea w ith a ship only 

 half-victualled ; and, as we followed our little guide, 

 and lost sight of the village behind us, I foresaw that 

 our stomachs would suffer unless game was plentiful 

 on the path. 



We passed through beautiful open country for 

 about eight miles, during which we saw several herds 

 of deer ; but we could not get a shot. At length 

 we pitched the tent, at four o'clock P.M., at the 

 foot of ' Gunner's Coin,' a solitary rocky mountain 

 of about two thousand feet in height, which rises 

 precipitously from the level country. We then divided 

 into two parties — W. and P., and V. B. and I. We 

 strolled off with our guns in different directions. 



The country was perfectly level, being a succession 

 of glades of fine low grass divided into a thousand 

 natural paddocks by belts of jungle. 



We were afraid to stroll more than a mile from 

 the tent, lest we should lose our way ; and we took a 

 good survey of the most prominent points of the 

 mountain, that we might know our direction by their 

 position. 



After an hour's walk, and just as the sun was 

 setting, a sudden crash in a jungle a few yards 

 from us brought the rifles upon full cock. The 

 next moment out came an elephant's head, and I 

 knocked him over by a front shot. He had held 

 his head in such a peculiar position that a ball 



