Sir Samuel Udbite Bafeer 5*5 



came the very essence and incarnation of a ' rogue ' 

 elephant in full charge. His trunk was thrown high 

 in the air, his ears were cocked, his tail stood erect 

 above his back as a poker, and, screaming exactly 

 like the whistle of a railway engine, he rushed upon 

 me through the high grass with a velocity that was 

 perfectly wonderful. His eyes flashed as he came on, 

 and he had singled me out as his victim. 



I have often been in dangerous positions, but I never 

 felt so totally devoid of hope as I did in this instance 

 The tangled grass rendered retreat impossible. I had 

 only one barrel loaded, and that was useless, as the 

 upraised trunk protected his forehead. I felt myself 

 doomed ; the few thoughts that rush through men's 

 minds in such hopeless positions, flew through mine, 

 and I resolved to wait for him till he was close upon 

 me before I fired, hoping that he might lower his trunk 

 and expose his forehead. 



He rushed along at the pace of a horse in full 

 speed ; in a few moments, as the grass flew to the 

 right and left before him, he was close upon me, but 

 still his trunk was raised and I would not fire. One 

 second more, and at this headlong pace he was within 

 three feet cf me ; down slashed his trunk with the 

 rapidity of a whip thong, and with a shrill scream of 

 fury he was upon me. 



I fired at that instant ; but in the twinkling of an 

 eye I was flying through the air like a ball from a 

 bat. At the moment of firing I had jumped to the 

 left, but he struck me with his tusk in full charge 

 upon my right thigh and hurled me eight or ten 



