CHAPTER XI. 



Excitement of Elephant-shooting— An Unexpected Visitor 

 — A Long Run with a Buck — Hard Work Rewarded — A 

 Glorious Bay— End of a Hard Day's Work— Bee-hunt- 

 ers— Disasters OF ELK-HUNTING — Br N WOUNDED— " OLD 

 Smut's" Buck— Boar at Hackgalla — Death of "Old 

 Smut " — Scenery from the Perewelle Mountains — Dia- 

 bolical Death of " Merriman " — Scene of the Murder. 



IN describing so many incidents in elephant-shoot- 

 ing it is difficult to convey a just idea of the true 

 grandeur of the sport : it reads too easy. A certain 

 number are killed out of a herd after an animated chase, 

 and the description of the hunt details the amount of 

 slaughter, but cannot possibly explain the peculiar ex- 

 citement which attends elephant-shooting beyond all 

 other sports. The size of the animal is so dispropor- 

 tionate to that of the hunter that the effect of a large 

 herd of these monsters flying before a single man would 

 be almost ridiculous could the chase be witnessed by 

 some casual observer who was proof against the ex- 

 citement of the sport. The effect of a really good 

 elephant shot in the pursuit of a herd over open coun- 

 try is very fine. With such weapons as the double-bar- 

 reled No. 10 rifles, a shot is seldom wasted ; and 

 during the chase, an elephant drops from the herd at 

 every puff of smoke. It is a curious sight, and one of 



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