BACK TO AFRICA. 



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already hungry for his carcass. Just as the elephants 

 were retiring into the dusky edges of the woods, Thurs- 

 day made a movement that attracted their attention, and 



SEARCHING FOK ELEPHANTS TCSKS IN THEIK BUKIAL-PLACES. 



they turned and charged upon us ! The African was 

 brave enough wdien his game was caught in a pitfall, 

 and all he had to do was to shoot poisoned arrows into 



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