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seemed to be on the ascending scale that day, for in 

 less than a quarter of an hour Sin 'Appu, who rather 

 despised all game smaller than elephants, caught me 

 by the elbow and pointed out one of the great brutes 

 moving out into the open. In examining the herd 

 which followed this leader I caught sight of another 

 elephant a great deal further off. He was apparently 

 alone, and of great size, his colour, almost black, tending 

 to add to his bulk. Although to attack an alion (solitary) 

 single-handed and with one rifle was a bit risky, I had 

 got confidence at the work, and determined to disregard 

 the herd. Both the herd and the rogue were working 

 down-wind, but the latter was a quarter of a mile 

 behind them and quite that much further from me. I 

 hurried on, passing close behind the herd, which dashed 

 off on getting the wind, but the bull apparently didn't 

 notice the noise, and plodded calmly on. I felt pretty 

 sure he was heading for a biggish jungle not very far 

 on, and ran on thither. When I got on the outer edge 

 I found he was coming down a game track leading 

 straight to the covert. This made it a certainty, and 

 enabled me to wait at exactly the right spot. At four 

 yards there was no excuse for a miss, and he fell stone 

 dead to my first shot. This was undoubtedly the 

 largest elephant shot during the trip. When we came 

 to examine him, we found an old wound on his head. 

 I made Sin 'Appu open it with his axe, and we came 

 on an old belted ball of large bore, such as were 

 commonly used for big game shooting thirty years 

 before. It is possible the animal had carried this about 

 all this time, but nevertheless these old weapons turn 



