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day. On the present occasion M. Wahlberg 

 had intimated that it was his intention not to be 

 absent long ; and although his surmise proved in- 

 correct, yet, owing to his hunting excursions being 

 so very uncertain with regard to time, we did not 

 entertain that anxiety for his return which we 

 should have felt had he been more punctual, know- 

 ing that, so long as he was amongst the game he 

 was in search of, a month might elapse ere he made 

 his appearance. However, after waiting ten days 

 in vain for him, I became uneasy, more especially 

 as I could gain no information from the natives 

 respecting his whereabouts. Owing to my people, 

 as well as to myself, as before stated, suffering 

 severely from fever, I had determined on removing 

 the waggons to a more healthy situation, when, upon 

 the eve prior to my intended movement, the start- 

 ling intelligence that my unfortunate companion 

 had been killed by an elephant was conveyed to 

 me by his servants. The feelings of pain and 

 sorrow which so shocking an event occasioned to 

 all who were acquainted with him, cannot be easily 

 imagined, and will, I am sure, never be effaced 

 from my memory. 



" The following are the particulars of M. Wahl- 

 berg' s death, as related to mo by the Damaras 

 who accompanied him : ' We proceeded,' said the 

 men, ' from the waggons in a westerly direction, and 

 on the day of our departure we struck upon the 

 spoor of a young bull-elephant, which we followed 

 until the third day, when we came up to him in 

 company with three others, one of which master 



