214 The Rijle and Hound in Ceylon. 



and I momentarily expected them to break cover, as 

 we were perfectly still and motionless in our concealed 

 position. Suddenly they winded us, and whisked round 

 to the thick jungle, disappearing like magic. 



We now tried the effect of bullying, and we sent men 

 to different parts of the jungle to shout and fire guns ; 

 this stirred up the wrath of the rogue, and he suddenly 

 burst from the thick jungle and rushed into the open 

 forest right among us. We were both standing behind 

 the trees ; and the gun-bearers, with the exception of 

 Wallace, had thrown the guns down and had bolted 

 up the trees when they heard the rush of the elephant 

 through the jungle ; thus, upon his arrival in the open 

 forest, he could see no one, and he stood gazing about 

 him with his ears cocked and tail on end, not knowing 

 exactly what to do, but ready to charge the first person 

 that showed himself. He was an immense elephant, 

 being one of the largest that I have ever seen, and he 

 had as fine an expression of vice in his appearance as 

 any rogue could wish for. Suddenly he turned his trunk 

 toward us, but he was puzzled as to the exact position 

 of any one, as so many men were scattered among the 

 trees. I was within twenty yards of him, and he turned 

 his head toward the spot, and was just on the move for- 

 ward when I anticipated his intentions by running up 

 to him and knocking him over by a shot in the fore- 

 head, which killed him. Unfortunately the herd at the 

 same moment broke cover on the opposite side of the 

 jungle, and escaped without a shot being fired at them. 

 It was nearly dusk, and we were five miles from the 

 tent ; we were therefore obliged to give them up. 



The next morning, at daybreak, I rode out with the 

 grayhounds, Killbuck, Bran and Lena, to kill a deer. 



