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something- of this kind, I had a fine clear forehead shot 

 as the elephant came rushing on ; and I dropped him 

 dead. 



The gun-bearers were in such a fright that they 

 never stopped till they got out on the patina. 



The herd had of course gone off at the alarm of the 

 firing, and we got a glimpse of the old ' rogue ' as he 

 was taking to the jungle. Palliser fired an ineffectual 

 shot at him at a long range, and the day closed. It 

 was moonlight when we reached the ' amblam ' : the 

 bag for that day being five elephants, and two bucks. 



Dec. 9. — We had alarmed this part of the 

 country ; and after spending a whole morning in 

 wandering over a large extent of ground without see- 

 ing a fresh track of an elephant, we determined to move 

 on to Nielgalla, eight miles from the ' amblam.' We 

 accordingly packed up, and started off our coolies by 

 the direct path, while we made a long circuit by 

 another route, in the hope of meeting with heavy 

 game. 



After riding about four miles, our path lay through 

 a dense forest up the steep side of a hill. Over this 

 was a narrow road, most difficult for a horse to ascend, 

 on account of the large masses of rocks, which choked 

 the path from the base to the summit. Leaving the 

 horse-keepers with the horses to scramble up as they 

 best could, we took our guns and went on in advance. 

 We had nearly reached the summit of this pass, when 



