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wounded it and it charged me, as it did on an 

 average of once in three times. Based on my expe- 

 rience, therefore, I should place the elephant first 

 and the rhino third after the seladang, which is 

 fully as formidable as the Cape buffalo, and is mis- 

 called the bison all over India. 



Each of these animals is dangerous on different 

 grounds ; the elephant though less likely to charge 

 than any of the others, is terrifying because of his 

 enormous strength, which stops at no obstacle, and 

 the extreme difficulty of reaching a vital spot, espe- 

 cially if, with trunk tightly coiled, he is coming 

 your way. I know of no sensation more awesome 

 than standing ankle deep in clinging mud, in dense 

 cover, with the jungle crashing around you as 

 though the entire forest was toppling, as the ele- 

 phant you have wounded comes smashing his way 

 in your direction. The seladang is dangerous, 

 partly because of the thick jungle he seeks when 

 wounded, but more especially because of his tre- 

 mendous vitality and his usual, though not invar- 

 iable, habit of awaiting the hunter on his tracks 

 and charging suddenly, swiftly, and viciously. It 

 requires close and hard shooting to bring down one 

 of these six-foot specimens of Oriental cattle. 



The danger of the tiger and of the lion is in their 

 lightning activity and ferocious strength ; but you 

 have the shoulder, in addition to the head shot, if 



