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we then saw a young elephant standing in the bed 

 of a river, and he it was who was making all the 

 noise, having been separated from the herd in the 

 late meUe. Wortley shot him, this making eight 

 killed. 



When within a mile of the tent, as we were 

 riding along a path through a thick thorny jungle, 

 an immense rogue elephant stalked across our road. 

 I fired the four-ounce through his shoulder, to the 

 great satisfaction of Banda and the natives, although 

 we never had a chance of proving what the effect 

 had been, as he was soon lost in the thick jungle. 

 A short time after this we reached the tent, having 

 had the perfection of sport in elephant-shooting, 

 although luck had been against us in making a large 

 bag. 



Dec. 2. — The scouts having been sent out at 

 daybreak, returned early, having found another herd 

 of elephants. On our way to the spot, Palliser fired 

 at a rogue, but without effect. 



On arrival at the jungle in which the elephants 

 were reported to be, we heard from the watchers 

 that a rogue was located in the same jungle, in 

 attendance upon the herd. This was now a regular 

 thing to expect, and compelled us to be exceedingly 

 cautious. 



Just as we were stalking through the jungle on the 

 track of the herd, we came upon the rogue himself. 



