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of the defunct elephant, I felt some disappointment 

 at its comparative smallness; and Kamapju, rny 

 henchman and tracker, exclaimed : " This is not) 

 the elephant you first fired at, Sir ! That was a 

 larger one." " Impossible," I replied, " surely I 

 have not made the same mistake as with the gi- 

 raffes at Omonboudi ?* No, I am quite sure I 

 have not." " You have though," rejoined the 

 man. " Very well," I said, " let us examine the 

 ground then," and we moved off for that purpose. 

 And certainly in the search we made, the track of 

 no other elephant was to be discovered. Kamapju, 

 nevertheless, continued to look positive, though 

 much perplexed. 



Having returned to the carcase, we were shortly 

 joined by the rest of our party, one of whom said : 

 " Sir, in coining here, we came across an elephant 

 walking very slowly and stiffly, as if much hurt." 

 "Then Kamapju is, perhaps, right after all," I ex- 

 claimed, " let us go and sec." We did so, and had 

 not proceeded above a hundred yards in an oppo- 

 site direction to that just examined, when we 

 noticed another blood-spoor, quite distinct from 

 that of the animal I had slain. Pointing with exult- 

 ation to these marks, Kamapju, with a smile full of 

 meaning and satisfaction, looked full in my face, 

 and said as plainly as looks could speak : " Did I 

 not tell you so, Sir ! For the future trust to my 

 eyes and ears." 



To cut a long story short, I will only add that, 



* On which occasion I had killed two of these animals, though 

 only aware, in the first instance, of one having fallen. 



