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prairies on all fours. They were out of range, and I 

 was just about to try and cut them off by running, when 

 a fourth came out of the bush, and I could see he was 

 the one I had wounded by his limping gait, besides 

 every few paces he would fall down. As soon as he was 

 well clear of the cover, I ran towards him, and got 

 within twenty yards, when he again fell, and I could see 

 that besides being wounded in the belly, his thigh was 

 broken, and he had great difficulty in dragging himself 

 along. He rose up on my approach, but instead of 

 4 beating his breast and showing fight,' he moaned most 

 piteously, and tried to drag himself back into the bush 

 he had just left, when I shot him through the heart, and 

 giving two or three gasps he rolled over dead. Whilst 

 I was thus engaged I heard three shots in the bush, and 

 shortly afterwards the villagers came out with the dead 

 carcass of a young female, the head of which they had 

 almost blown to pieces. The one I killed proved to be 

 an old male, although not a large one." 



" The Old Shekarry's " adventures with big game 

 bear so much resemblance to those which I have 

 given in my chapters on Gordon Gumming, Oswell, and 

 Sir Samuel Baker, that I will not trouble the reader with 

 any except the following, which was certainly a remark- 

 able one. Leveson was out in pursuit of rogue elephants 

 in company with a friend, Lieutenant Wedderburn, one 

 of the best shots in India. Wedderburn came up with 

 a big " rogue," and brought him to the ground with two 

 bullets in the forehead. The mortal spot in an elephant 

 is in the centre of the hollow of the forehead ; but the 

 greatest accuracy of aim is required ; one inch to the 



