-* Elephant-Hunting 



With my feet in indiarubber-soled shoes, and accom- 

 panied on this occasion (quite exceptionally) by my 

 European taxidermist, Orgeich, in addition to a few of 

 my men, I took up the animal's pursuit, hoping to get 

 possession of its skin, whole or entire, for preparation for 

 a specimen. Bathed in sweat, owing to the oppressive 

 heat of the thicket, after about three-quarters of an hour 



THE TUSKS OF BOTH THE ELEPHANTS WEIGHED TOGETHER ONLY ABOUT 

 120 ENGLISH POUNDS 



we lost the tracks for a few minutes, confused with those 

 of other animals that must have passed this way during 

 the night. However, we found them again, and five 

 minutes later we came to a deep ravine with a pool of 

 mud at the bottom of it. To my dismay I saw both 

 elephants emerge from this and disappear into the dense 

 thicket on the opposite slope, about thirty paces away, 

 and as they forced their way through it I could see the 



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