CHAPTER XXIV 



We strike camp Arrive in elephant country An attempted mutiny in 

 camp One black sheep in the flock Armed, literally to the teeth 

 Alarming situation Drastic measures necessary I threaten to shoot 

 the ring- leader A critical moment Cocking rny rifle turns the scale 

 Order restored Jungles teeming with game Herd of elephants 

 reported Preparation for the attack In the midst of the herd 

 Shoot one of them Habe-Awal and Gadabarsi horsemen surround 

 the herd -Jungle alive with elephants I kill five bulls and one cow 

 Fine haul of tusks Continue hunt next morning At unpleasantly 

 close quarters Under the elephant's trunk Saved by standing still 

 The elephant moves off A parting shot in the ribs Follow up and 

 finish her Shoot another bull Bivouac for the night Lion heard 

 calling News of a large bull Found and wounded A determined 

 charge Retires into a jungle At bay I hit him again Another 

 charge I am chased and nearly caught I give him the slip Re- 

 turn to camp Take up tracks next day Found dead Move camp 

 Six elephants bagged one day Charged by a cow elephant A Somali 

 attracts her attention She chases him He is caught and killed 

 instantly Pounded beyond recognition I kill the elephant We 

 try but fail to capture the calf. 



WE now struck camp, and marching through an unexplored 

 portion of the Gadabarsi country towards the Harawa 

 Valley, camped at Leakat, whence I sent mounted men in 

 all directions in search of khubbar of elephants. But 

 before going on to relate my adventures, I must tell of an 

 incident which had come perilously near to ending my 

 expedition. 



I had been noticing for some time that Khaliffa one 

 of my principal hunters thoroughly aware of his own 

 importance as an unequalled tracker seemed to be dis- 

 satisfied, and though he had not done anything sufficiently 

 pronounced to call for comment on my part, his manner 

 was sulky and not a good or cheering example to the rest of 

 the men. 



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